Hi Connie,

* Connie wrote 15 Aug 2005:

> Fabian,
> 
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just install SL and try to adjust everything just like my
> > archlinux-setup.
> > 
> > For that I am missing some packages or I would like to
> > upgrade some :-) 
> > 
> > I tried to set up the other repos which worked except the
> > linux-ink makes problems; I don't understand/read russian,
> > so I don't know what I have to write into the sources-list
> > for apt.
> 
> Use yum it is easier.

But it looks slower and I am already used to apt since my
Debian times.
> 
> > 
> > For the missing packages I would try to get other (Suse or
> > Fedora) rpm-source packages and run them under SL. Would
> > that be enought? Actually I am missing the newsreader slrn,
> > w3m and some emacs packages like auctex and preview-latex.
> > 
> > Furthermore I would like to upgrade some packages like
> > mutt and vim. I suppose I just have to  change the src.rpm
> > files!?
> > 
> > Another small problems makes the installation of the
> > windowmanager wmii. There does not exist a rpm and I tried
> > to install it by hand. Unfortunately it complains about
> > missing 'X11/Xlib.h'. This should be in some package!?
> 
> A 
> 
> yum provides X11/Xlib.h 
> 
> shows
> 
> xorg-x11-devel                      6.8.2-1.EL.13.6        sl-base
> Matched from:
> /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h
> 
> So a 
> 
> yum install xorg-x11-devel
> 
> should install it.

Strange, I actually was thinking that I installed the
package. Now it works and most of the other
programs too :-) Thanks.

I downloaded some packages by hand from all over the net and
used rpm to install them. Do I have to watch out which
version numbers I install or does rpm do some kind of
version-number check? I am bit afraid that I mix up the
whole system.

It would be nice, if anybody can share his experiences
installing the newest software; I would like to know which
repository and if it confirm with the one from SL!?
Maybe, anybody has some sample sources-list files. I have:


rpm http://apt.sw.be redhat/el4/en/i386 dag 
rpm http://apt.sw.be redhat/el3/en/i386 dag 
rpm http://apt.sw.be redhat/el2.1/en/i386 dag

rpm http://dl.atrpms.net fc4-i386/atrpms stable

rpm http://apt.sw.be dries/redhat/el4/en/i386 dries
rpm-src http://apt.sw.be dries/redhat/el4/en/i386 dries
          
rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/9/i386 os updates freshrpms
rpm-src http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/9/i386 os updates freshrpms

rpm http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc1 newrpms
rpm-src http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc1 newrpms

rpm ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org//linux/scientific/ 40/i386/apt os updates contrib 
#rpm ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org//linux/scientific/ 40/i386/apt contrib

Is it a good choice or could I add more? I found a lot of
packages with rpmseek and had to install them using rpm.

Using apt, shouldn't it be possible to add some debian
repositories and install deb-packages too? Would be nice.

Best Greetings!
Fabian
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