Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 00:26:04 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@bayouhome.net> To: "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to use rpms? Message-ID: <20000505002604.A745@gforce.johnson.home> In-Reply-To: <20000504221356.A17009@localhost.localdomain>; from djkanter@nwu.edu on Thu, May 04, 2000 at 10:13:56PM -0500 References: <20000504221356.A17009@localhost.localdomain>
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On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 10:13:56PM -0500, David J. Kanter wrote: > I have updated my linux_base and want to use the Linux Xfstt binaries > (the BSD maintainer suggested using the Linux version). Once I > download the xfstt rpm, what next? > > Can I just rpm -i *.rpm, or do I need to give it a little more > of a nudge in terms of where is needs to be installed (i.e., > /compat/linux/)? More of a nudge. You will want to do "rpm -i --ignoreos --root /compat/linux --dbpath /var/lib/rpm". Note that the path, '/var/lib/rpm' will actually go into the specified root, so it will be /compat/linux/var/lib/rpm. Hope that makes sense. You may have to add other rpms to satisfy dependencies. If the rpm wants to run a script you will need to add the --noscripts flag. Does the Linux xfstt binary work better than the FreeBSD port or is that what you are trying to find out? Hope this helps. -- Glenn Johnson glennpj@bayouhome.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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