Re: Please read and help if you can, Thank you

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From: John Hasler
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:00

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Van Thai writes:
> Ok, now if you're using a system that does not use rpm's then you must
> download the source and compile it yourself so the program will be
> compatible with your system.

This not true.  He could be using Debian or a Debian derivative in which
case he would install, upgrade, and remove packages using Debian's package
management system, which does everything RPM does and more.  Even Slackware
has a primitive package management system.  It is also possible to install
binaries from a tarball, so compilation is not necessary even without any
package management at all.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

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