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07-18-2004, 04:57 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 38
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Really stupid question...but..
Does Slack10 come with an app that lets you use RPMS?
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07-18-2004, 04:58 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Location: berkeley, ca
Distribution: slk10, winxp
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you mean that rpm packaging system like in mandrake and red hat, right? if that's what you mean, then yes, slackware 10 comes with it, but it's not installed by default and it's not supported.
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07-18-2004, 05:00 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 38
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Yah...just something that will let me install RPMs
And what is it called on the CDs (I'm kinda a n00b)
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07-18-2004, 05:04 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Location: berkeley, ca
Distribution: slk10, winxp
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i run pkgtool to view the list of installed packages, and it's called rpm-4.2.1-i486-3. it should be on the first cd because the second one only has kde and gnome stuff.
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07-18-2004, 05:07 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10
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Okay, its installed on my CPU (I selected "FULL" but I'm about to clean install so I can slimdown the install)
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07-18-2004, 05:09 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Slackware, SLAX, OpenSuSE
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There are also tools to transform RPM packages into Slackware .tgz packages.
If you want to have a real RPM database, install the RPM package and use that.
But if you just want to find a way to install RPM packages on Slackware the other solution is probably more suitable. Because: You're RPM database will never be complete on Slackware, as everything you install from the standard distribution is .tgz, not RPM. Installing RPM therefore means that your system will manage *two* package databases. I don't think that this is a problem, but just wonder if it makes that much sense....
gargamel
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07-18-2004, 05:37 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Darkest Oxfordshire
Distribution: Arch, Slackware
Posts: 184
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Yes. Be warned that rpms will almost always fail dependency checks, because most of your system is installed with slackware's package system. So you'll probably need to use some swiches to override the dependency checking.
A better idea is probably to use rpm2tgz to convert the rpm to a tgz package, and then install it with installpkg.
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