Fred K Ollinger on Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:51:36 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] "Friends don't let friends use Dell"


> I'm in RPM Hell right now trying to satisfy all of the dependencies to
> get XFree86-4.2.99 working.  So rather than slog through all that, I'm
> just going to install Phoebe and get it over with.  It's just a desktop
> box so I don't need it on my support contract or anything.

If you compiled it by hand, a 'make install' should do it.

Package managers are the best, but if they get in your way like rpm does
for me, it's better to forego it altogether.

Fred Ollinger
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