Temlakos wrote: > I don't pretend to be an expert; I've used Fedora for about a year now, > and am on the third release. When I wanted to install an application > that did not yet have an FC3 build, I first tried to work with the FC2 > build. It seg-faulted every time I tried to so much as load it. (It was > GRAMPS, the genealogy system, which right now doesn't have an FC3 > build.) So I grabbed the tarball and ran the usual scripts (./configure > && make && make install). And it worked, and continues to work. > > RPM's are fine--*if* they are built for your specific kernel and desktop > environment or are at least within reasonable tolerances. If they > aren't, the applications seg-fault away every time you try to load them > or do anything significant with them. Building from the original source should work, at least if you have the right *-devel RPMs installed. So should rebuilding the RPM from the source RPMs (SRPM), if they are provided. James. -- E-mail address: james | Blessed are the pessimistic, for they take backups. @westexe.demon.co.uk |
