On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Fabian Braennstroem wrote: > 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. rpm does dependency checking. As long as you do not do --nodeps or --force then that should be ok. Note that if you install a "older" version then the yum/apt daily script will try to update it to the latest. > > 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 I suspect that you do not really want el3/en/i386 and el2.1/en/i386. > > rpm http://dl.atrpms.net fc4-i386/atrpms stable And there can be lots of newer things in there that might cause problems. If you want all of the fc4 rpms maybe you should install fc4. > > 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 > Why do you want redhat 9 rpms? > rpm http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc1 newrpms > rpm-src http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc1 newrpms Same question , why do you want fc1? > > 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. All of this is way past anything that we want to do in a production environment, there is no way to support it. For personal use then go for it. > > Best Greetings! > Fabian > -Connie Sieh