Installing a RPM

Jim mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Fri Oct 31 14:56:45 UTC 2008


James Wilkinson wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>   
>> I got OpenOffice-3.0-rpm from Open Office.
>> I was thinking, would a rpm install of openoffice from the rawhide repo  
>> work, to install OOo-3 in FC8.
>> That way you could get all dependencies .
>>     
>
> Unfortunately, those dependencies would include a lot of Rawhide. You’d
> be running an untested amalgam of F8 and what will become F10. It will
> probably work, but you’ll get little sympathy or advice if things don’t
> work well.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> James.
>
>   
Yes I have found that out.
I'am resign to the fact that I'll have to wait for the release of  FC10.




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