Re: [gentoo-user] [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo

2009-04-18 Thread Alex Schuster
Neil Bothwick writes: > On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 06:41:53 +0100, Mick wrote: > > How can I use this on a gentoo machine (I understand that it won't be > > maintained by portage). > > Use rpm2targz to turn it into a tarball, then unpack it into your > root filesystem (after first checking the contents).

Re: [gentoo-user] [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo

2009-04-07 Thread Mick
On Monday 06 April 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Correct way: realize you are trying to do something no package manager is > built to do. So, you do it manually. Convert the rpm to a tarball, extract > it and do all install steps manually. It's a good idea to install the > binaries to /usr/local/ o

Re: [gentoo-user] [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo

2009-04-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 06 April 2009 14:30:55 Justin wrote: > Mick schrieb: > > Hi All, > > > > I have an rpm binary which looks like this on a RH > > machine: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/packageXXX.el5.i386.rpm > > > > How can I use this on a gentoo machine (I understand that it won't be > > maintained by portag

Re: [gentoo-user] [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo

2009-04-06 Thread Justin
Mick schrieb: > Hi All, > > I have an rpm binary which looks like this on a RH > machine: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/packageXXX.el5.i386.rpm > > How can I use this on a gentoo machine (I understand that it won't be > maintained by portage). Just emerge yum. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: [gentoo-user] [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo

2009-04-06 Thread Mick
2009/4/6 Neil Bothwick : > On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 06:41:53 +0100, Mick wrote: > >> How can I use this on a gentoo machine (I understand that it won't be >> maintained by portage). > > Use rpm2targz to turn it into a tarball, then unpack it into your > root filesystem (after first checking the contents)

Re: [gentoo-user] [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo

2009-04-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 06:41:53 +0100, Mick wrote: > How can I use this on a gentoo machine (I understand that it won't be > maintained by portage). Use rpm2targz to turn it into a tarball, then unpack it into your root filesystem (after first checking the contents). -- Neil Bothwick I am neithe

[gentoo-user] [off-topic] RPM binary on Gentoo

2009-04-05 Thread Mick
Hi All, I have an rpm binary which looks like this on a RH machine: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/packageXXX.el5.i386.rpm How can I use this on a gentoo machine (I understand that it won't be maintained by portage). -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message p