AAAAAGH!
In case anyone hasn't noticed, I haven't spent a whole lot of time on the board. Or in the CVS tree for that matter.
I've been working late most days, and I've been spending the rest with my fiancée.
I was counting on the days where she works in the evening and on weekends to do FreeOrion stuff (I originally said that I was available "once or twice a week") but there haven't been many of those lately; the times where it's happened, I've been pretty wasted from work, and I didn't feel like doing anything at all..
Anyway, in the near future, I hope to get back on track.
I've installed Mandrake Linux and checked out the code. Now I just need all those darned other packages like boost and SDL.
Anyone out there know how to use RPMs?
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Moderator: Oberlus
Great to hear from you
rpm's are easy to use. Probably many tutorials. Best if you check out commands like apt-get or something. I've never used it myself but it sounds good.
rpm -Uvh <package> - installs a package or upgrades it if it already exists
rpm -e <package> - uninstalls a package
rpm -qpl <package> - shows all the files it will install
rpm -qa - lists all currently installed packages
--nodeps forces it to install an rpm or uninstall it even if that would break dependencies
anyway, "man rpm" will tell you all you need
rpm's are easy to use. Probably many tutorials. Best if you check out commands like apt-get or something. I've never used it myself but it sounds good.
rpm -Uvh <package> - installs a package or upgrades it if it already exists
rpm -e <package> - uninstalls a package
rpm -qpl <package> - shows all the files it will install
rpm -qa - lists all currently installed packages
--nodeps forces it to install an rpm or uninstall it even if that would break dependencies
anyway, "man rpm" will tell you all you need
Good to be back.
Thanks for the help. apt-get is only for Debian, is it not?
Mandrake has urpmi, which is apparently very good, too. It will install dependencies (if they're there, I guess) before installing the rpm.
I was using
# rpm --help
and
# rpm --usage
Useless.
If I do that, will it install in the same place as the makefile wants it to?
Say it installs in /usr/rpms or something...
That would mean changing the makefiles every time I do a checkout or update, wouldn't it?
I didn't have the time to hack around with Gentoo. I learned lots while I was doing it, but I just don't have time right now.
Thanks for the help. apt-get is only for Debian, is it not?
Mandrake has urpmi, which is apparently very good, too. It will install dependencies (if they're there, I guess) before installing the rpm.
I was using
# rpm --help
and
# rpm --usage
Useless.
If I do that, will it install in the same place as the makefile wants it to?
Say it installs in /usr/rpms or something...
That would mean changing the makefiles every time I do a checkout or update, wouldn't it?
I didn't have the time to hack around with Gentoo. I learned lots while I was doing it, but I just don't have time right now.