Josh, Once you get used to the Planet flow it's very straight forward. I do not use the CDROM, but update from their site online. Do the same if you have a fast connection. It works for Redhat 7.2, 7.3 (my distro) and 8.0. The kernel is 2.4.19 with patches. Once you follow the instructions and get to where you are running their kernel, all you do is: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade this will bring your machine up to date for all RPMs you have installed. Using Synaptic you can look at all of Fernando's database of apps. The music apps are listed at: http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/packages.html to install pretty much any app by hand is apt-get install package_name or you can do it with Synaptic itself. I hope you enjoy the Planet. It has been a wonderful resource for me. Cheers, Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-audio-user-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-audio-user-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Jlawrence@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 2:57 PM > To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [linux-audio-user] Planet CCRMA > > > I've just downloaded the planet ccrma materials and I will be installing > them over the weekend. I'm curious about the applications > contained in the > package: > > 1. Is there a way to just install everything in one swoop, or do > I have to > rpm -Uvh xxx.rpm every time on all packages? > 2. What about packages (movie and sound players come to mind) > that already > exist in some form in a standard RH 8.0 install? Will installing > over them > confuse the situation? > 3. I'm doing this on a Dell Laptop. Am I doomed to failure? > > Thanks, > > Josh Lawrence > >
