Re: RPM vs source install...

From: Tom Diehl (tdiehl_at_rogueind.com)
Date: 07/08/04

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    On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Andrew Konosky wrote:

    > I've noticed that if an rpm needs a certain dependent file, I must
    > install the rpm of that file becuase the the rpm doesn't see source
    > installs for some reason.

    Because it is not designed to. Rpm stores package information in a data
    base. As such things compiled from source are not registered in the rpmdb.

    > For example, I am trying to install the rpm
    > k3b-mp3-0.11.9-0.lvn.1.2.i386.rpm. I got an error on the first try
    > because I didn't have all the dependencies installed first. I found all
    > but one of the dependent rpms and installed them. The last dependent
    > "libi3-3.8.so.3" I could only find in a source version
    > (id3lib-3.8.3.tar.gz). I did the whole ./configure, make, su, make
    > install and it installed with no errors. I went to run the original rpm
    > installer, but it still says I need to install "libi3-3.8.so.3." How do
    > I get an rpm install to recognize a dependent file installed from

    You are working way to hard. Go get yum or apt-rpm and add fedora.us AND
    livna.org to the config files and install k3b. On my fc1 system I get the
    following when I try to install k3b-mp3:

    (tigger pts10) # yum install k3b-mp3
    Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
    Server: Fedora.us stable
    Server: Fedora.us testing
    Server: Fedora.us Unstable
    Server: Fedora Core 1 base
    Server: Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
    Server: Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (testing)
    Server: Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
    Server: Macromedia flash
    Server: noarch updates
    Server: Fedora Core 1 updates
    Finding updated packages
    Downloading needed headers
    Resolving dependencies
    Dependencies resolved
    I will do the following:
    [install: k3b-mp3 0.11.10-0.lvn.1.1.i386]
    Is this ok [y/N]:
    Exiting on user command.
    (tigger pts10) #

    Keep in mind I already have k3b installed but installing it was no harder
    than doing "yum install k3b". You can do the same thing with apt, but I do not
    use it, so I do not know the commands for it. I am pretty sure though it is
    not much harder than apt get k3b-mp3.

    > source? Is there a way to compile the source into an rpm file, then
    > install it?

    Yes, but I would recommend against doing that, especially given that all of
    the k3b rpms are available already.

    HTH,

    Tom 

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