Re: root rpms

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:47:16 +0200
suvayu ali wrote:

> Hi Arnau,

Hi Suvayu,

> Fedora already distributes root through its repositories. You could
> build the source rpm on your platform. If you are on some form of
> Scientific Linux machine you can even install it with a simple yum
> install by adding the Fedora EPEL repository. The package is
> maintained by Mattias Ellert of Uppsala University (not sure though).
>
> <https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/root>

Great!

I use SL but with dag repos. I did not see any reference to epel repos at installing root from source (yes, maybe it's not the better place as it talks abotut installing from source) but maybe dropping a note there would be useful for newbies as me :-) ).

I will try them.

> Hope this helps.

It did! Many thanks.

Cheers,
Arnau Received on Tue Aug 23 2011 - 17:25:07 CEST