10x alot for your tips. about backing up the system - how do u suggets me to do it ? is there any common tools for that ? 10x (again) Yonatan On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:03:02 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:44:55 +0200, yonatan maman said: > > Hi, > > u r right. I have installed them somewhere under /opt/. is its a > > problem ? I can install them on their default location. > > Everything that was installed via RPM is probably expecting to find stuff in > the location RedHat put them. Note that this may be *different* from where > the ./configure script decides to put them. Most likely places for things > to be changed are /usr/share and /var. > > > I don't have the original RPMs . > > > > whats is ur suggestion ? > > 1) Check http://www.rpmfind.net/ to see if you can find a copy of the RPMs. > > 2) Remember to always back your system up before major software upgrades. > > 3) Maybe you're in luck and putting stuff in the default places will work. > > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list