[plug] Dependencies clarification

[Kim Covil]

> First preference, however, would be to get the RPM for the appropriate OS.
> Second might be to consider downloading the tarball and see is you can make
> it.  Third would be to try a similar OS RPM under test conditions.

I would add into this in second place downloading the .src.rpm if it is
available and then doing a rpm --rebuild blah.src.rpm which should
compile a binary rpm with dependencies based on your system. When it has
finished successfully compiling you should be left with a binary rpm for
your system in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS (You may have to check the permissions
of the /usr/src/RPM tree to see whether you can write as a user rather
than root)

This way you stay within the RPM packaging system and have a proper rpm
that you can install and uninstall as you see fit... And using a src rpm
takes a lot of the hassle of compiling away if you don't feel like
configuring and building a source tree manually...

Cheers

Kim


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