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Sorry, Austin, but in practice, installing an RPM intended for one

distribution on another distribution, is not particularly likely to

work. It may refuse to install unless you "force" it. It may install

and destabilize your system. I find it much easier and safer to install

from source tarballs than to install a "foreign" RPM. In theory an RPM

package could be crafted and tested to be installable on multiple

versions or distributions, but this is rarely done by those who build

RPM packages. Perhaps the Linux Standard Base will change this,

eventually.
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:06 am, Austin wrote:

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> On 2003.04.01 05:06 Anahata wrote:

> > I was very disappointed with Mandrake when I found out

> > that, just because it used RPM patches, that didn't mean you could

> > download (RedHat) RPM's from anywhere and install them.

>

> That is not accurate.

> Mandrake and RedHat do use the same RPM system.  You can install

> either RPM on either system.  The fact is, due to dynamically linked

> libraries, you're best to use RPMs built on the distro you're using.

>

> Austin

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