questions between rpm and tar.gz

iamthewind · 11-20-2003, 09:25 AM

I have installed gaim-0.64.rpm then ,I want to update it .but what I have is only gaim-0.70-tar.gz
so I can't use rpm -Uvh gaim......
then what should I do to update it ??
I know I can install gaim-0.70 after uninstall gaim-0.64 .but is this the only way ??? if I ./configure && make && make install gaim-0.70 and didn't not uninstall gaim 0.64 ,is there any influence with system
and if I did in this way , then ,when I input gaim in terminal which gaim will run ??

I think it must be funning!

jkobrien · 11-20-2003, 10:03 AM

As far as I remember, you can also use the rpm program to make an rpm package from source code. Have a poke around in the manpage or the online book to see.

John

TheOneKEA · 11-20-2003, 10:21 AM

What he needs to do is put the gaim source code tarball in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES, and then run this command as root:

rpmbuild -tb /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gaim-0.70.tar.gz (or whatever it's called)

That should extract the RPM spec file and build an RPM. This is all from memory, though, man rpmbuild will tell you more.

DirtDart · 11-21-2003, 05:13 AM

If you have the gaim 0.6x installed, which you say isn't compatible with the 0.7x version, then you can uninstall the 0.6x version by (as root) typing: rpm -e gaim-0.64.

Seeing as you have a rpm-based system (Redhat/Mandrake/ect), head over to [url=http://rpmfind.net[/b] and grab the rpm for the version of gaim you want. gaim 0.72 is out (I'm using it), but if you want 0.70, that should be there too. No real reason to compile from source, unless you really want to.

iamthewind · 12-15-2003, 04:50 AM

thanks for all your help!!
but,
what I want to know is why ,but not how to do

verigoth · 12-15-2003, 05:00 AM

the tar.gz file is the source code only (.c and .h files uncompiled). the .rpm contains binary compiled programs (the end result from a compiler). another option is that you install it from source, but theres plenty of info on that in other posts

verigoth

jkobrien · 12-15-2003, 05:08 AM

Generally speaking there's no problem having two or more versions of just about any package installed. You just have to careful about where all the various files for each version are.

Your system will use the first one it finds in your path, but you can create symlinks with different names if you want to use both versions.

John