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DATE | 2002-08-16 |
FROM | alex
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] RPM HELL
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Speaking of packages and stuff.. anybody tried gentoo linux.. it has a BSD Ports type setup and everything is installed from source.. it also handles dependancies. is it any good? alex On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 09:47, Ruben Safir wrote: > > The raped DLL's is the same problem > > Widows is just like installing everything with nodpes. > > > Also, this is RH 62. How many apps from win3.1 screw up Win95 > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 09:39:23AM -0400, Ray Connolly wrote: > > really? how recently? i've used it since '98 and it's so easy to just click > > on a install file and, viola, it's up and runnng. No dependency problems > > (althoug raped dlls can fuck you for ages after). I happened to be > > enlightened enough, like our mates here, to know the ethical and > > philisophical problems with the MS world. BUT, as is obvious by our > > struggle, the asses known as the masses don't know or care. They WANT click > > and run. > > I think if there was a standard way of installing apps with EASE, it would > > help migration greatly. Unfortunately it is much easier said than done but i > > think the Linux Standards Group is a start towards this. > > > > Just thinkng outloud. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ruben Safir [mailto:ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com] > > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:31 AM > > To: Ray Connolly > > Cc: 'Ruben Safir'; 'nylxs' > > Subject: Re: [hangout] RPM HELL > > > > > > Actually > > > > Until recently, this was a typical windows problem > > > > > > Ruben > > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 07:47:03AM -0400, Ray Connolly wrote: > > > Imagine a Windowed person running into this early in their foray into > > > gnu/linux. It would be enough to make them run right into Bill's arms > > > forever. > > > What is a viable solution for mess' like this easy enough for a newbie to > > > handle? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ruben Safir [mailto:ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:24 PM > > > To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com > > > Subject: [hangout] RPM HELL > > > > > > > > > > > > I almost always install all apache stuff by hand, but decided to go with > > the > > > Redhat RPM > > > systems for our 2 year old 6.2 VA Server. > > > > > > So I decided, OK, I'm impressed enough with PHPGROUPWARE to give it a try. > > > > > > Auch. > > > > > > > > > RPM's SUCK RPM's SUCK RPM's SUCK, and so does the debian shit. > > > > > > First, I discovered that Postreg needs to be at least version 7 for > > > PHPGROUPWARE. Guess what, no 6.2 pgsql 7 version for Redhat 6.2. > > > > > > So I uninstall postgres and instead install by hand postgres 7. whatever. > > > > > > PHPgroupware STILL doesn't work. Seems to not want to connect to the > > > database... > > > > > > Fooey > > > > > > > > > PHP is not built with database support. grrr > > > > > > So now I search the web and find a fix for the RPM's source file. > > > > > > IT DOESN'T freaken compile. It's missing a half dozen RPM packages (which > > I > > > thnk it isn't) > > > and one of them is POSTGRES. > > > > > > Damn > > > > > > So now I need to compile PHP by hand and find out the locations for the > > ldap > > > librairies, postress > > > libraies and where everything for apache, which is all over the damn hard > > > drive. > > > > > > I mean, I could just as well build the whole damn system again by hand. > > WHo > > > needs Red Hat. > > > > > > This is the kind of thing that makes Redhat want to make me puke. > > > > > > > > > I have to walk accross the har drive now and figure out where half a dozen > > > subsystems are > > > built. > > > > > > > > > Ruben > > > > > > -- > > > __________________________ > > > > > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > > > __________________________ > > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > > > http://www.nylxs.com/radio - Free Software Radio Show and Archives > > > http://www.brooklynonline.com - For the love of Brooklyn > > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > > http://www.nyfairuse.org - The foundation of Democracy > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and > > > articles from around the net > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mp3/dr.mp3 - Imagine my surprise when I saw > > you... > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... > > > > > > 1-718-382-5752 > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________ > > > New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > > > Fair Use - > > > because it's either fair use or useless.... > > > > -- > > __________________________ > > > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > > __________________________ > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > > http://www.nylxs.com/radio - Free Software Radio Show and Archives > > http://www.brooklynonline.com - For the love of Brooklyn > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > http://www.nyfairuse.org - The foundation of Democracy > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and > > articles from around the net > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mp3/dr.mp3 - Imagine my surprise when I saw you... > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... > > > > 1-718-382-5752 > > > > -- > __________________________ > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > __________________________ > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > http://www.nylxs.com/radio - Free Software Radio Show and Archives > http://www.brooklynonline.com - For the love of Brooklyn > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > http://www.nyfairuse.org - The foundation of Democracy > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mp3/dr.mp3 - Imagine my surprise when I saw you... > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... > > 1-718-382-5752 > > > > ____________________________ > New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > Fair Use - > because it's either fair use or useless....
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