Need MUUUUCH help with problem......

[Derek Martin]

Today, Numberwhun ***** gleaned this insight:


> RPM now comes with Slackware.  I downloaded slackware 7.1 off there site in 
> December, and that is what I installed.  So everyone knows, RPM does come 
> with Slackware now.

Interesting... considering Patrick's previous stance on package managers.

> I did an 'rpm --recompile <driver package>' and it recompiled without any 
> errors.  My problem lies in the xserver rpm.  It does a dependency check 
> before installing using 'rpm -Uvh <package>' (as suggested in 

Eliminate the dependency check by using this:

  rpm -Uvh --nodeps <package>

and if it complains about the package being already installed, also use
the --force option.

> documentation).  I am thinking of using the rpm2tgz tool provided with 
> slackware to convert it to a tar gz package and installing it that way, 
> telling it where to find stuff in a make file.  I will write again if I have 

That might to the job too.


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Derek Martin
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