Upgrading packages beyond what available in F9 repos - dangerous?

[ocgltd]

I have a fresh F9 system and wish to a program (EtherApe) which requires:

libglade 2.x
libxml 2.x
atk 2.x
gtk+ 2.x
glib 2.x

F9 offers all of these packages, but in the 1.x revision level (nothing later).

1. What would happen if I downloaded source for each of these newer programs/libs and compiled them into my F9 system?
2. Would I break F9?
3. Why would F9 NOT offer the 2.x versions of these?
4. Do I need to remove the 1.x packages before installing 2.x versions?

Thanks!

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by ocgltd

I have a fresh F9 system and wish to a program (EtherApe) which requires:

libglade 2.x
libxml 2.x
atk 2.x
gtk+ 2.x
glib 2.x

F9 offers all of these packages, but in the 1.x revision level (nothing later).

1. What would happen if I downloaded source for each of these newer programs/libs and compiled them into my F9 system?
2. Would I break F9?
3. Why would F9 NOT offer the 2.x versions of these?
4. Do I need to remove the 1.x packages before installing 2.x versions?

Thanks!

Try

su
yum install gtk2-devel libglade2-devel glib2-devel libxml2-devel

Why do you need to build etherape ? ( they have release an update for years !)
What is wrong with the fedora package .

[root@localhost leigh05]# yum list etherape
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Excluding Packages from Livna for Fedora Core 9 - x86_64 - Base
Finished
Excluding Packages from Livna for Fedora Core 9 - i386 - Base
Finished
Reducing Livna for Fedora Core 9 - i386 - Base to included packages only
Finished
Available Packages
etherape.x86_64                          0.9.7-6.fc9            fedora          
[root@localhost leigh05]#