On 6/15/05, Frank Pineau <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > *sob* > No checkinstall, no mplayer, Evo is crazy flaky, etc. > > Anyone have a decent checkinstall alternative? I can obviously compile > software like mplayer from source, but I'd prefer to have it installed > as an RPM, and checkinstall doesn't seem to want to work under FC4. Mplayer has never been provided in FC because of patent/licensing restrictions. I suggest you try rpm.livna.org or freshrpms.net before you go building from source. I agree that Evo is a little flakey though. Why do you need Checkinstall if you install everything from RPMs? -- Ben Steeves _ bcs@xxxxxxxxxx The ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) ben.steeves@xxxxxxxxx against HTML e-mail X GPG ID: 0xB3EBF1D9 http://www.metacon.ca/bcs / \ Yahoo Messenger: ben_steeves
