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Old 08-26-2003, 08:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Installing Stuff in Linux (noob)
I'm looking at the documentation for Mplayer and XMMS to figure out how to install.

I'm kind of confused and not sure where to start.

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Old 08-26-2003, 08:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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hello,
what distro? iir it is rh9 - anywho have a looky here -> http://shrike.freshrpms.net/

grab off the rpms you want and usng the redhatpackage managetr to install them or do it by command line - here is a cheat sheet rpm cheat sheet
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Thanks

It's RH 9.
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rpmbuild --rebuild --target [arch] packagename.src.rpm

what goes in "--target"?
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that would the processor type e.g. athlon, i686, sparc... etc.
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Oh, I though it was what I wanted to make into a RPM. Where does that go then?
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Oh wait, I think I'm asking the wrong question. Can I make a RPM from the source code? If so, how can I do that?
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