RHEL5 was closest to Fedora 6. I would build an rpm from the source code provided. Rob Marti -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Burger Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 11:52 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: installing new packages on 64 bit RHE 5.4 >>> I'm trying to install Dropbox on my system. Since Dropbox does not >>> have >>> an RPM for 64 bit RHE, I'm installing from the source code. Dropbox >>> requires both >>> libnautilus-extension-dev >>> libnotify-dev >>> Neither is installed and a search in package manager comes up empty. >>> How >>> do I find them? >> >> Earl: >> >> Two things...first, can you get the DropBox src.rpm? If so, you should >> be >> able to use rpmbuild to rebuild it as a 64bit rpm. >> >> Second, you can try to find the relevant RPMs for the libraries in >> question at rpm.pbone.net...but try "devel" instead of "dev" if you're >> going to do a package search. >> > > There isn't a src.rpm, but there are rpms for FC9 and FC10. Is either of > these compatible with RHE 5.4? Most likely the F10 ones may be...if I recall, F9 was more akin to either earlier RH5s or RH4. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
