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[Hans Zaunere]

--- "P. Fawcett" <fawcett at bard.edu> wrote:
> in picking & sticking w/either rpm or src, does that mean don't mix
> ie. an rpm php w/a mysql src?

Right.  While there's no technical reason not to do so (libs are libs,
bins are bins) you can run into version/configuration mismatches, and
most importantly sysadmin confusion.

> or simply always rpm (or src) with php & ditto mysql etc?

Try to keep them in parallel - especially since RPM packages have
options/dependancies specific to one another.

> the -F is new to me -tx

Yeah, -U is always misleading to me - I shouldn't be able to upgrade
something that doesn't exist; but I guess RPM calls it "freshen".

H


> 
> Hans Zaunere wrote:
> > 
> > --- chalu <chalu at egenius.com> wrote:
> > > Hans Zaunere wrote:
> > > >
> > > >It's important to pick either RPM or src and then stick with it.
>  If
> > > >this is new for you, try RPM.  My RPM is a little rusty, but
> maybe
> > > >something like this would help:
> > > >
> > > >rpm -q apache
> > > >rpm -q php
> > > >rpm -q mysql
> > > >
> > > You mean; rpm -e apache     to erase?
> > 
> > -q to query, so he knows what's installed.  Then -e to erase if
> needed,
> > or -U to upgrade or -F to freshen (upgrades only if package is
> already
> > installed).
> > 
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Hans Zaunere
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http://nyphp.org
hans at nyphp.org

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