[ILUG] Advice on Dependancies

[Ciaran Mac Lochlainn]

( Admin ) bryan wrote:

> Frank Murphy wrote:
>
>> Tried to install  an rpm.
>> wxChecksums-1.1.2-1mdk.i586.rpm
>
>> It says Mandrake. but is an rpm so I figured it would work on FC1?
>>
>> Frank
>> (It's like the song "one step up, two steps back" but, I'm not giving 
>> up)
>>
> I have never installed any RPM's from one distro to another. If they 
> say noarch it should go ok.
> You may find yourself in dependancy hell. Try installing yum 
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/view/8835
> and doing it the "nice" way.
>
> --B

I've tried this before (installing SuSE rpms on RedHat 6.2 back in the 
days) and it made a total mess of my system.  Could be different now but 
I wouldn't be willing to risk it with a system I need.

C