Comments on: How to Rearrange Your Package http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package pink is the new black Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:29:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: shelby http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package/comment-page-1#comment-9042 shelby Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:01:51 +0000 http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package#comment-9042 ohh and yeah I never was a fan of Alien, as jkndrkn said RPM's are for Red hat systems, installing them on machines that are running Debian, Gentoo Etc can have odd effects. When there is only and RPM available then I think it is best to compile from source, atleast that way you know that its installing stuff in the correct spots. ohh and yeah I never was a fan of Alien, as jkndrkn said RPM’s are for Red hat systems, installing them on machines that are running Debian, Gentoo Etc can have odd effects. When there is only and RPM available then I think it is best to compile from source, atleast that way you know that its installing stuff in the correct spots.

]]> By: shelby http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package/comment-page-1#comment-9041 shelby Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:59:50 +0000 http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package#comment-9041 I have never been a fan of RPM distros. Debian was my flavor of choice for a few years until I discovered Gentoo. Gentoo was bliss in the way it handled things, just took soooo damn long to get X compiled. Though I guess that was the reason for DistCC I have never been a fan of RPM distros. Debian was my flavor of choice for a few years until I discovered Gentoo. Gentoo was bliss in the way it handled things, just took soooo damn long to get X compiled. Though I guess that was the reason for DistCC

]]> By: BinaryPhalanx http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package/comment-page-1#comment-9032 BinaryPhalanx Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:13:51 +0000 http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package#comment-9032 It's not RPMs themselves are like the Windows registry, it's the RPM database that tries to act in a similar fashion. debpackages are nice, as are gentoo portage packages. They just handle things like dependencies a lot better than RPM does. It’s not RPMs themselves are like the Windows registry, it’s the RPM database that tries to act in a similar fashion.

debpackages are nice, as are gentoo portage packages. They just handle things like dependencies a lot better than RPM does.

]]> By: Nessa http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package/comment-page-1#comment-9017 Nessa Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:45:37 +0000 http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package#comment-9017 I usually prefer RPM's over compiling, simply for the fact of ease. I don't think RPM's are anything like the Windows registry...they are just a method of installing and managing software to be easily removed and upgraded as needed. One thing I hate about compiling shit is that the 'make uninstall' command isn't always there, and I don't always remember how or where I installed something. I usually prefer RPM’s over compiling, simply for the fact of ease. I don’t think RPM’s are anything like the Windows registry…they are just a method of installing and managing software to be easily removed and upgraded as needed. One thing I hate about compiling shit is that the ‘make uninstall’ command isn’t always there, and I don’t always remember how or where I installed something.

]]> By: BinaryPhalanx http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package/comment-page-1#comment-9001 BinaryPhalanx Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:42:03 +0000 http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package#comment-9001 I'm not sure why you'd want to install RPM's, the whole idea of the system is just a lame attempt in bringing Windows' worst feature over to Linux: the registry. Besides that, RPM-based distros are USUALLY structured in a very similar manner to standard RedHat, because they're based on redhat (though some variations do occur, and that's why there are distro-specific RPM's), and they're not "put together" the same as a Debian-based, Slackware-based, or Gentoo-based distro. The reason the packages have to be 'rearranged' is twofold: 1, because RPM itself is structured completely differently from a debpkg, genpkg, or tgz, and 2, because the root distros themselves tend to be structured in subtly (and sometimes less-than-subtly) different ways. @jkndrkn: I'm not sure that timeline is technically correct, as it shows SuSE branching off of Slackware... though SuSE is clearly an RPM-based distro. At least, it is now. I’m not sure why you’d want to install RPM’s, the whole idea of the system is just a lame attempt in bringing Windows’ worst feature over to Linux: the registry.

Besides that, RPM-based distros are USUALLY structured in a very similar manner to standard RedHat, because they’re based on redhat (though some variations do occur, and that’s why there are distro-specific RPM’s), and they’re not “put together” the same as a Debian-based, Slackware-based, or Gentoo-based distro.

The reason the packages have to be ‘rearranged’ is twofold: 1, because RPM itself is structured completely differently from a debpkg, genpkg, or tgz, and 2, because the root distros themselves tend to be structured in subtly (and sometimes less-than-subtly) different ways.

@jkndrkn: I’m not sure that timeline is technically correct, as it shows SuSE branching off of Slackware… though SuSE is clearly an RPM-based distro. At least, it is now.

]]> By: Nessa http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package/comment-page-1#comment-8944 Nessa Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:06:08 +0000 http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package#comment-8944 True, but RPM's (esp. ones labeled as generic) are no longer just targeted to Redhat systems anymore...you can find them for just about any major Linux distribution nowadays...except for Debian it seems like. True, but RPM’s (esp. ones labeled as generic) are no longer just targeted to Redhat systems anymore…you can find them for just about any major Linux distribution nowadays…except for Debian it seems like.

]]> By: jkndrkn http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package/comment-page-1#comment-8941 jkndrkn Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:35:21 +0000 http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package#comment-8941 That's because RPM stands for "Red Hat Package Manager". A quick look at a Linux Distro Timeline (http://futurist.se/gldt/ldt75.png) shows that Debian and Red Hat form separate major branches. Also, Debian predates Red Hat somewhat. That’s because RPM stands for “Red Hat Package Manager”.

A quick look at a Linux Distro Timeline (http://futurist.se/gldt/ldt75.png) shows that Debian and Red Hat form separate major branches. Also, Debian predates Red Hat somewhat.

]]> By: Rob http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package/comment-page-1#comment-8933 Rob Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:20:47 +0000 http://www.v-nessa.net/2007/12/20/how-to-rearrange-your-package#comment-8933 I usually rearrange my package while crossing and uncrossing my legs.....no one ever seems to notice. I usually rearrange my package while crossing and uncrossing my legs…..no one ever seems to notice.

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