From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 09:47:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 853AC16A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:47:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2C1743D1D for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:47:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i36GkSAX026495 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:46:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i36GkSk9026492; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:46:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:46:28 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: GP Message-ID: <20040406164628.GB56271@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , GP , questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="K8nIJk4ghYZn606h" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040323, clamav-milter version 0.70a cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpm?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 16:47:24 -0000 --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 10:23:12AM -0600, GP wrote: > Since RPM does not come with the standard installation I downloaded it fr= om > your site. Unpacked it and tried to install it. > I ran the "make" file in the RPM directory. > Why does it have to update the entire system if you say that Makefile is = not > needed? > Did I screw up something? Use the ports/packages system: # pkg_add -r rpm Note that FreeBSD is not Linux, and does not generally need rpm functionality. About the only place where it does come in is installing Linux binaries for running under emulation. The vast majority of the software available won't need it. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAct7jdtESqEQa7a0RArHvAJ9/p6q5kQLP9+clWL8AD+TZSBrb5ACfQf/a mhSoVpnciGAM4h8WobQjO1g= =aynm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h--