On 5/6/05, Toralf Lund <toralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lee M Ward wrote: > > >What's up? I just downloaded and installed FC3 and I'm loving it so far. > >Only two things I'm trying to figure out. First: Is there a any programs > >on here like GnoRPM so I can manage my installed programs a little > >better. > > > Like someone else mentioned briefly, GnoRPM was replaced by a tool > called "redhat-config-packages", which was later renamed > "system-config-packages." > > I used to think that this was a rather nice GUI, but apparently, the > current version has some nasty bugs ;-( It may work all right for you, > though, as most of the problems only surface after certain packages have > been upgraded. > SmartPM has a gui, in addition to the fact that it is one of the better programs at resolving dependencies. Yum also has the groupinstall feature that might help. > >Second: Why won't it let me install source RPMs? I tried a > >couple and it keeps telling me I can't because of "system-config- > >packages." Is there any way around this? Thank you for your help. Peace. > > Pretty much the only way to install SRPMS is through the rpmbuild command.
