Charles Galpin wrote:
> 
> you should be using rpm to simplify thi ssort of thing. Also check out
> rpmfind (also see rpmfind.net) to find packages etc.
> 
> charles

Agreed, and note that using rpmfind.net as a resource does not mean that
you must use RPM packaging if you don't want to.  Suppose you want to
install some program.  If you can find a page for it at rpmfind.net,
scroll down to the "requires" section.  In the vast majority of cases,
each of the requirements links will take you to a page listing all the
RPM packages which provide that prerequisite.  If you want to install
using RPM's (many advantages), you're almost done, just download all the
packages you need from right there and install away.

If you prefer to install your own compiled binaries (many advantages),
some of the pages for packages at rpmfind.net will list SRPM's, or home
page URL's where you can get the latest source code for the package. 
For those that don't (or when the SRPM link is broken, as I often find
it is :( ), my next step is to download the package itself, install it,
read the documentation (find it with rpm -qd), the documentation will
usually contain a link to the latest version of the source, and then I
can go hunting down the source tarball.

Convoluted, but often more productive than using google.

By the way, if anybody knows how to make rpm do a "docs only" install,
Part II above would get a little easier.

Bah.  Computers suck.



> On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, christopher j bottaro wrote:
> > to elaborate on 3), frequently i download source, compile it, then try to run
> > the program only to find it telling me that i can't find a certain shared
> > library.  then i go on the internet to find the source for the shared library
> > only to be confused by weirdo hits google gives me.  the most recent
> > experience with this is kmix needing libasound.so.  i searched on the
> > internet for libasound and a bunch of messages and off topic webpages, but no
> > webpage titled "here are the asound lib sources!" or something of the like.
> >
> > is there a website that helps you find sources for shared (or even static)
> > libraries that common programs need?  or do you just kinda have to know where
> > to get em yourself along with what they do and if they're a part of a package
> > or something?
> >
> > thank you for the info/help...
> 
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