[ale] RPMS

[Geoffrey]

Unfortunately, SuSE is kind of the exception to the rule.  They name 
their packages differently, and the often install them in different 
places.  I ran into this problem a while back when I was giving SuSE a 
spin.  I often like to install bleeding edge stuff, but I always had 
problems installing non-SuSE rpms on my SuSE dist.  I then made the 
mistake of telling it to not worry about dependencies.

Often times, the non-SuSE package will expect another package that it 
won't see, because the rpm package it's looking for has a different name.

My experiences.

lisk at mindspring.com wrote:
> 
>     Can anyone help me with this simple question?  I want to know if you 
> can use RPMS from one distribution with another.  For example.  I have 
> SuSE 7.0 professional that someone gave me and there are a couple of 
> packages  I would like to use on my computer running Red Hat 7.2.  So 
> far I've not been able to find the answer to this specific question, so 
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>     My suspicion is that files would get installed in strange  places if 
> the packages aren't used with the distro for which it was intended, but 
> I"m not sure.
> 
>     Thanks in advance
>     John Lisk
>     (lisk at mindspring.com)
> 
> 
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