FC3 = ??? redhat

dent · #1 24th March 2005, 05:15 PM

I'm trying looking for some binaries to install, however I cannot find any binaries of the program i'm looking for that has FC3. Can i install the Redhat versions and if so, which redhat version should i install?
take care
sam

Quella · #2 24th March 2005, 07:05 PM

I would be careful in doing this, but I have had some success with RH 9 and RHE 3 with Fedora Core 3. Not all wll work with Fedora, but you can try either, and if they do not work just remove them.

Quella

awdac · #3 24th March 2005, 07:11 PM

What program are you looking for? Did you download the new repository lists for yum or try installing apt-get to find regular FC3 binaries. It seems rare to me that I find RH binaries that don't have FC3 versions on any of the repos (but it does happen, I guess).

Taft · #4 24th March 2005, 07:11 PM

This sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, and can cause seemingly random crashes. What about downloading the source and compiling it yourself rather than doing the ol' RPM hunt? I've found that in the last year or 2 with other RPM-based distros (SUSE, Mandrake) becoming popular that it can be really time consuming to hunt down an RPM for any given distro. I've taken to compiling my own more and more.

Quella · #5 24th March 2005, 07:12 PM

The other thing you could do if you feel comfortable. Download the source and install (if source is provided)...

Just a thought. Great advice awdac Taft, you were to quick for me.

dent · #6 24th March 2005, 08:18 PM

Hi, yes i've tried yum, tried up2date and no luck. i''m looking for 2 programs in particular. FPing 2.4 and SpeedyCGI
take care
sam

awdac · #7 24th March 2005, 08:39 PM

If you add Dag's repo to your yum, you should be able to get FPing at least. If you don't want to do that, here's a link for getting the rpm:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/dag/fed...3.rf.i386.html

I didn't come across any for speedy CGI. Looks like you may have to find that in source.
EDIT: Actually, here is a place that lists a src.rpm get that and compile it. You should be good to go.

#8 24th March 2005, 08:47 PM

FPing 2.4 can be found here: http://dag.wieers.com/packages/fping/

I could not find SpeedyCGI, so you may have to install from source - or, better yet, build your own RPM.
I like building my own RPM's.

awdac · #9 24th March 2005, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greatscot

FPing 2.4 can be found here: http://dag.wieers.com/packages/fping/

I could not find SpeedyCGI, so you may have to install from source - or, better yet, build your own RPM.
I like building my own RPM's.

Good Timing, gs.

dent · #10 31st March 2005, 04:50 PM

thanks all for the advice and the links

take care