Hi,
The glint package in the updates directory for Red Hat 5.2 is incorrect;
it requires a version of rpm < 3.0, and thus cannot be used with rpm 3.0.5
included in the updates.
(Yes, I actually do have a 5.2 machine in production. ;-)
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>
> Remember that the install manuals that come with RH distros usually
> have a semi-lengthy section on using `RPM'.
We're going round in circles here. I'm probably better than most with
commandline rpm but there are still times when a decent
; > faster than using command line. Even when the GUI provides only
> > minimal functionality like in Glint and Gnorpm and the user has been
> > using RPM since its inception in 1995.
> >
> > --
> > Jean Francois Martinez
>
> I agree a
k then it is an elephant. :-)
>
> For command line versus GUI a practical thumb is what is faster. Look
> at my previous message for examples where using a GUI is definitely
> faster than using command line. Even when the GUI provides only
> minimal functionality like in Glint an
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> Being able to distinguish an elephant fro a sparrow is possibly the
> skill who is the hardest to acquire for a hunter. Hint: if it is
> small and has wings then it is a sparrow, if it is big, grey and has
> a trunk then it is an elephant. :-)
You'll have to admit i
ne versus GUI a practical thumb is what is faster. Look
at my previous message for examples where using a GUI is definitely
faster than using command line. Even when the GUI provides only
minimal functionality like in Glint and Gnorpm and the user has been
using RPM since its inceptio
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 08:16:34PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> For this postinstall work, for CD exploration and for selective
> uninstalls when short of disk space then a GUI is far better than
> command line. I ever thought that people wanting to do everything
> with command line or every
> > more useable
> > > > in the next release as well. Thanks for the
> > > > pointer..
> > > >
> >
> > What does `glint' do for you that you cannot easily duplicate from the
> > command line?
>
> It's much easier on beginners t
gt; > in the next release as well. Thanks for the
> > > pointer..
> > >
>
> What does `glint' do for you that you cannot easily duplicate from the
> command line?
It's much easier on beginners than the commandline;-)
In principle, nothing. However, I do recall being
Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> Not being rude here, but trying to understand what it is that is
> sought after.
>
> So what constitutes a `certain time'.
Okay without me sounding like a total ass. Glint is probably 99.9%
dead. I grew up on Glint, sure it may have been ju
uch different from other graphical libraries, though -- without
> libX11, it gets hard. However, you don't need to run other *programs*,
> which could be a problem on low-memory machines. As it stands, gnorpm
> requires 4MB of memory on my machine, which is not exactly small but
> compa
On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 09:15:27AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Harry Putnam wrote:
> > > What does `glint' do for you that you cannot easily duplicate from the
> > > command line?
> >
>
> Many things. Like looking through all installed RPMS sea
to run other *programs*,
which could be a problem on low-memory machines. As it stands, gnorpm
requires 4MB of memory on my machine, which is not exactly small but
comparable to glint IIRC.
I think that statically linking everything, like /bin/rpm does it, is
only feasible for command-line tools
>
> Harry Putnam wrote:
> > What does `glint' do for you that you cannot easily duplicate from the
> > command line?
>
Many things. Like looking through all installed RPMS searching for
packages who are at the same time rarely used and relatively big so
uninstalling
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 09:54:51PM -0400, Frank Hale wrote:
> Harry Putnam wrote:
> > What does `glint' do for you that you cannot easily duplicate from the
> > command line?
>
> I have no problem with the command line. However its nice at certain
> times to see
Harry Putnam wrote:
> What does `glint' do for you that you cannot easily duplicate from the
> command line?
I have no problem with the command line. However its nice at certain
times to see things graphically, thats all.
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On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 09:13:36AM -0700, Frank Hale wrote:
> >
> > No I wasn't aware of that at all.. I'm getting warm
> > inside now
> > though. ;o) I have a feeling that it will be much
> > more useable
> > in the next release as well. Thank
e there any other graphical alternatives to GnoRPM?
> I am just not ready to use Gnome all the time. I like
> using just a small Window manager and a minimal
> system. Glint filled this void, hopefully there is
> something else out there to use instead of GnoRPM.
>
I think peop
Frank Hale wrote:
>
> Are there any other graphical alternatives to GnoRPM?
> I am just not ready to use Gnome all the time. I like
> using just a small Window manager and a minimal
You can use GnoRPM without GNOME, sawfish, or Enlightenment.
It just need the GNOME liraries
The ones I see (for
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 09:13:36AM -0700, Frank Hale wrote:
> Are there any other graphical alternatives to GnoRPM?
> I am just not ready to use Gnome all the time.
Its perfectly possible to use GnoRPM without "the rest" of Gnome
(which is usually the panel and the session manager, really).
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gt;
>
> Are there any other graphical alternatives to GnoRPM?
> I am just not ready to use Gnome all the time. I like
> using just a small Window manager and a minimal
> system. Glint filled this void, hopefully there is
> something else out there to use instead of GnoRPM.
>
&
ust not ready to use Gnome all the time. I like
using just a small Window manager and a minimal
system. Glint filled this void, hopefully there is
something else out there to use instead of GnoRPM.
Frank
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On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Panu Matilainen wrote:
>> I can't speak for Red Hat, but my observation is that Glint was
>> buggy, and a native GNOME/Gtk app would be much nicer. GNOrpm
>> came along, and is no less stable than glint really.. I got
>> bitten by gnorpm and
>
> ** the 'cli?' Don't know what that is. However, the replacement for Glint,
C == Command
L == Line
I == Interface
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Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hale ) writes:
>
> > Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to
> > RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and
> > try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it s
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Tony Nugent wrote:
>
> >> John, it is obvious that neither of us is lying here, but both of
> >> us had very different experiences with Glint. I had so much
> >> trouble with it that I gave u
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Tony Nugent wrote:
>> John, it is obvious that neither of us is lying here, but both of
>> us had very different experiences with Glint. I had so much
>> trouble with it that I gave up on it. I was told it was buggy
>
>[ ... ]
>
>They should ha
On Wed Sep 06 2000 at 02:53, "Mike A. Harris" wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, John Summerfield wrote:
>
> >> Unlikely. GLINT crashed a lot, and was very buggy. A lot of
> >> people (myself included) hated it.. Also it is a TCL/TK app,
> >> which lik
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, John Summerfield wrote:
>> Unlikely. GLINT crashed a lot, and was very buggy. A lot of
>> people (myself included) hated it.. Also it is a TCL/TK app,
>> which likely was why it was so buggy..
>>
>> The program became obsolete when GNOME/GTK
> Unlikely. GLINT crashed a lot, and was very buggy. A lot of
> people (myself included) hated it.. Also it is a TCL/TK app,
> which likely was why it was so buggy..
>
> The program became obsolete when GNOME/GTK/KDE/QT apps came out
> to do the job. You'd need to r
On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Frank Hale wrote:
>> Obviously not - we would have included it in the 7.0beta if we had
>> done so. I can't really see why anybody liked it either - it sucked.
>> I've much preferred the cli ever since I started using rpm.
>
>On a scale of 1 - 10, how hard would it be to make
On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Frank Hale wrote:
>Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to
>RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and
>try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it sadly doesn't work. Is there any plans
>to update t
> gnorpm, the replacement for glint, TOTALLY sucks.
> Big time.
I tend to agree. However I wonder what actually needs
updating in Glint to make it work with newer versions
of RPM. Is there any RPM experts out there that could
shed some light on this?
Frank
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hale ) writes:
>
> > Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to
> > RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and
> > try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it sadly doesn't work. Is there any
On Sun Sep 03 2000 at 18:12, Trond Eivind wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hale ) writes:
>
> > Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to
> > RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and
> > try to use it on RHL
FWIW I liked glint as well, you could easily see what was installed, read the
info on packages, and it would automatically install dependancies.
Oh, well...
On Sun 03 Sep at 18:18:01 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] done said:
> > > Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI fro
> > Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to
> > RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and
> > try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it sadly doesn't work. Is there any plans
> > to update this very nice app?
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hale ) writes:
> Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to
> RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and
> try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it sadly doesn't work. Is there any plans
> to update t
Anyone remember that nice app called Glint which was a GUI front-end to
RPM? I loved that app so I had this brilliant idea to go download it and
try to use it on RHL 6.2 but it sadly doesn't work. Is there any plans
to update this very nice app?
Thanks,
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