[ale] RPMS

[James P. Kinney III]

Suse rpm's often won't mix well with RedHat or Mandrake distro's. There
are problems with package names wich causes dependancy issues. There are
also problems with where things get put from a binary rpm. I have had
problems using suse's src.rpm's as well. They really do rename a lot of
stuff. 

In short, the answer is no. Don't hold your breath either on Suse moving
towards the RedHat distribution model, either. It's not in their best
interest to have RedHat rpm's compatable with their packages. Some of
the high-end systems they package for are their bread and butter money
makers. 

You might find a suitable rpm on www.rpmfind.net

On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 07:37, lisk at mindspring.com wrote:
> 
> 	Can anyone help me with this simple question?  I want to know if you can 
> use RPMS from one distribution with another.  For example.  I have SuSE 7.0 
> professional that someone gave me and there are a couple of packages  I 
> would like to use on my computer running Red Hat 7.2.  So far I've not been 
> able to find the answer to this specific question, so any help would be 
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> 	My suspicion is that files would get installed in strange  places if the 
> packages aren't used with the distro for which it was intended, but I"m not 
> sure.
> 
> 	Thanks in advance
> 	John Lisk
> 	(lisk at mindspring.com)
> 
> 
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