Hey! If its good enough for a potato head, why cant RH and Mandrake make it work? On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, you wrote: > I found a solution!!! I am downloading Debian. > > - Joel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 3:51 PM > Subject: Re: lib crazy > > > > RPMs and their dependencies can be a pib. Why dont the distros that use > > RPMs set up a special user/group that contains the RPM database. Then, > > when you go to get an RPM, they could check what you already have > > installed on your system and at least tell you which dependencies you are > > lacking and maybe even give you the chance to d/l them too. > > > > Seems to me that, yes, you create a security hole by letting a site be > > able to read your RPM db, but maybe the benefits outweigh the costs. > > > > On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, you wrote: > > > > > > OK, this is probably a stupid newbie question. Everytime I install an > RPM on on my mandrake 7.1 system I seem to get some lib dependancy error. > that is fine, I download the lib and install it. However, after the lib > installation, I still get a dependancy error. Do I have to do something > with my libs after I install them in order for them to be recognized? For > instance, I installed libgtk+ and the Cheops rpm couldnt find it. Is there > something obvious here I am missing? Thanks. > > > > > > - Joel > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, > the > > > story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; > he is > > > about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final > rock, > > > he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for > > > centuries." > > > > > > - Dr. Robert Jastrow > > > Founder of NASA"s Goddard Institute for space studies > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Content-Description: > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > Jim > > > > Zope is cool! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Jim Zope is cool!