Subj : Re: Dependecies where does it stop
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Jason Stewart
Date : Thu Oct 28 2004 01:18 pm

In article <4180cb36$0$1327$e4fe514c@dreader20.news.xs4all.nl>, Atreju wrote:
> I'm very new with Linux but trying to get around...
>
> I'm trying to install spamassasin onto my webserver which runs fedora. Is it 
> normal that you have to install all dependecies and where does this story 
> stop for example...
> for spamassasin.rpm ... you need
> perl which needs
> libdb-4.2 which needs
> libstdc++.so

Ah, yes. RPM hell...

> Is there a work around or what should seem logically a tot rpm package for 
> i.e. spamassasin??
>
> Every help is more then welcome 

Look into installing apt or yum. These package managers will install all
of the dependencies for you.

Cheers,
Jason

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