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The Fallen
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 Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 3:54 pm Post subject: RPM Installation |
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Ok, first : im a nearly total noob   now my problem : how can i install rpm files? or is there any prog with that i can simply run em or something similar? thx to all who help  |
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soulwarrior
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Why do you want to install rpm-files on a gentoo-system?
The gentoo way is to emerge the program you want.
You can have a look at the portage (Gentoo Linux's package management system) manual for users , there the emerge-process is explained: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/portage-user.xml |
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| soulwarrior wrote: | Why do you want to install rpm-files on a gentoo-system?
The gentoo way is to emerge the program you want.
You can have a look at the portage (Gentoo Linux's package management system) manual for users , there the emerge-process is explained: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/portage-user.xml |
BTW. if you really (for some strange reason) want to installa a RPM there is RPM in portage (and I think is installed with the base system) so you should take a look at 'man rpm'. Also note that you should take care by hand that all the deps are already installed.
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ormi
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| bsolar wrote: | | (and I think is installed with the base system) so you should take a look at 'man rpm'. Also note that you should take care by hand that all the deps are already installed. |
I think it's not installed with the base system. 
The Fallen: Install rpm typing "emerge rpm". It's impossible to avoid dependecy hell when installing rpm to gentoo, so you must install rpm-packages with --nodeps -option. |
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| ormi wrote: | | bsolar wrote: | | (and I think is installed with the base system) so you should take a look at 'man rpm'. Also note that you should take care by hand that all the deps are already installed. |
I think it's not installed with the base system.
The Fallen: Install rpm typing "emerge rpm". It's impossible to avoid dependecy hell when installing rpm to gentoo, so you must install rpm-packages with --nodeps -option. |
Yes, my shameful error...
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The Fallen
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| its cauz i want to install caitoo (a dl manager) but it isnt masked and there are only rpm packages available. why it is bad to emerge the deps? |
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The Fallen
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| before i forget it : thx |
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| The Fallen wrote: | | hy it is bad to emerge the deps? |
It's not bad, emerge everything you can
But the RPM is not aware that the deps might be already installed, so you have to check by hand that are present in your system and force the RPM install.
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