Subj : Re: Dependecies where does it stop
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Atreju
Date : Thu Oct 28 2004 04:17 pm

Thanx Jason

Found out you can just do a <yum update> command

btw you can even do yum install spamassassin

tata

"Jason Stewart" <kahuna_74@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:slrnco1p0h.qff.kahuna_74@mis3c.rtl.lan...
> 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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