installing new packages on 64 bit RHE 5.4

eee at nmt.edu eee at nmt.edu
Tue Jan 12 18:08:20 UTC 2010



>
>> I'm trying to install Dropbox on my system.  Since Dropbox does not have
>> an RPM for 64 bit RHE, I'm installing from the source code. Dropbox
>> requires both
>> libnautilus-extension-dev
>> libnotify-dev
>> Neither is installed and a search in package manager comes up empty.
>> How
>> do I find them?
>
> Earl:
>
> Two things...first, can you get the DropBox src.rpm?  If so, you should be
> able to use rpmbuild to rebuild it as a 64bit rpm.
>
> Second, you can try to find the relevant RPMs for the libraries in
> question at rpm.pbone.net...but try "devel" instead of "dev" if you're
> going to do a package search.
>

There isn't a src.rpm, but there are rpms for FC9 and FC10.  Is either of
these compatible with RHE 5.4?






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