On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 11:22 -0700, Vinay Venkataraghavan wrote: > Hi guys, > > Thanks for your replies. I think the problem as Sean > said was that I was trying to upgrade using the -U > option rather than just install it. > > I have one other question. Does the distribution an > rpm comes from matter. For instance if I have an rpm > that is available from Conectiva, can I use it on Red > hat. It seems to me that only the architecture would > matter right? Yes - a distribution has it's own packaging policy - naming conventions, file locations, configuration tools, etc. Also if distributions have differing library versions requires wi Mixing binary RPM's between distributions is bad - DO NOT DO THIS!!! As mentioned by Ken, rebuilding a srpm for your distribution is one option. Otherwise look for third party repositories for your distribution (arch, vendor and release matter) that may provide the package. Paul
