Re: Are RPMs from one vendor usable by a different instalation?

[Manuel Aróstegui Ramirez <manuaroste yahoo es>]

>what could it hurt, if it fails
> just uninstall it

The dependances of that package maybe won't work
properly

--- Michael Mansour <micoots yahoo com> escribió: > 
When I recently upgraded to the latest Gaim 0.63-1
> (from Gaim 0.59-9) it requested various libraries
> from
> gtkspell which needed installation of aspell (or a
> library in that version).
> 
> To cut a long story short, I was able to find all
> RH8
> RPM's except for one, which I found as a Connectiva
> RPM, I installed it (what could it hurt, if it fails
> just uninstall it), it worked, so went ahead and
> installed the other RPMs.
> 
> I've been using Gaim 0.63-1 since, and it's soo much
> better than its previous version.
> 
> Michael.
> 
> --- Carlos Garcia Suarez <garciasuarez ya com>
> wrote:
> > Quite frequently I found that I want to install a
> > RPM but there is no Red Hat 
> > 8.0 package that I can find. In those cases, can
> one


> > use a RPM from another 
> > vendor, like Mandrake, or Convectiva? What about
> > packages for older versions 
> > of Red Hat?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Carlos
> > 
> > 
> > 
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