Re: Non-native RPM or compile?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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On 08/23/2011 07:11 PM, Lars Eighner wrote:
> I want lifeline (genealogy program). I don't find it packaged for Fedora 15. 
> I do find an OpenSuSE rpm, apparently appropriate for my architecture.
>
> In general, would I be better off using a non-native RPM or compiling it
> myself?

It depends on the libraries it was compiled ageist. What I usually
do is grab the source RPM, and compile it on my system. You run into
less problems that way.

Mikkel
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