Re: Suse 10.0 application in Suse 10.1

Duluoz wrote:

for 10.0.
It won't install, but is there any way to force it, and is it worth it,
is 10.0 so different to 10.1?

The app is a mobile phone sync programme (Benq-Siemens XMPM for EL71)

Thanks in advance

For your benefit.......Oh the things I do for my fellow Linux users...

Go to the web site and download the '.tgz' package. Unpack the tarball. CD
into the top level directory. As ROOT do '.bin/install.sh' . Answer yes
to the questions. When you read the readme file just hit the 'q' button to
quit the readme and type yes to the next question(s). I installed the
optional stuff and everything completed without problem. If only I had one
of those phones I could use it. So now I'll uninstall it.

So just get the tarball. It is distribution neutral and obviously, since I
just did it on my OpenSuSE 10.1 it will work on yours.

The caveat is that you too have all the prerequisites installed ??

Good luck.

http://www.benq-siemens.com/cds/frontdoor/0,2241,hq_en_0_130289_0_xcp%253A140777_xcs%253A130989_prn%253A1,00.html

Look down the page for "Distribution Independent Installer"

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