RPMs are for Redhat-based distributions only, so whenever you see RPMs you know that its a redhat 'type' distro. With say, Debian or Knoppix you have a differrent package manager so you have .deb files. RPM stands for Red Hat Package Manager. That said, you can sometimes take some liberties with rpm's. For example you can run the 'noarch' version or run one .rpm on another machine and sometimes get it to work depending on the tweaking. Marc On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:42:24 -0400, Arthur Pemberton <dalive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Out of curiousity, I'd like to know why RPM's are, or at least some are, > distro specific? That would be with the obvious exception of distro > specific apps. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
