Subj : Re: Dependecies where does it stop
To   : comp.os.linux
From : chris
Date : Fri Oct 29 2004 06:59 am

Jason Stewart wrote:

> 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.

Or Mandrake urpmi, which works better than apt or yum - invoke urpmi foo
--auto and everything's installed auomagically for you, including all the
dependancies.

Chris
 
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