[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> hey, anyone have a minute to explain the differences/advantages
> disadvantages of source vs rpm? I've installed things both ways, but
> i really only know barely enough about them to be dangerous. whenever
> i "make" something and it doesn't work i just kinda sit there blinking
> stupidly, and when an rpm goes in ok i am happy and think about what
> lovely magic it is. I've done more installs with solaris than linux,
> and ithink an rpm is kind of like a package?
An rpm is indeed a package.
As far as I'm concerned, the difference is that if you build from source,
there will be no library compatibility problems, assuming that your libraries
are at all compatible. rpms may demand versions of libraries which you don't
happen to have.
The flip side of that is that to build from source, you may have to install
headers that you didn't have before.
Jeff
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