Re: [SLE] How should YaST know

Paul wrote:

If I install a program from a tar (compile,make,install) or an rpm with rpm -i, how can I let YaST know that the programs are installed?

Yast package management is a front end to rpm. If you install via rpm, it is added to the rpm database, and since Yast uses this it will know. If you compile a tar package, it will not be in the rpm database and Yast will not know. You could install checkinstall and substitute checkinstall for the install command, which will prompt you for some info and create an rpm package that will be in the rpm database and will be known by Yast. It also allows an easy way to uninstall a tar program. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871