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[Longman, Bill]

> Thanks.  Any pointers on how I learn about the RPM thing?  I'm old 
> school I guess.  I only did the compile and install so I 
> could tell it 
> where to install.  YellowDog's default MySQL install is kind 
> of strange 
> on where it puts things....

My free advice would be to get really familiar with compiling code in
general. Nowadays, you don't have to be a C programmer to get modules to
compile. Look at me! I'm a PHB (pointy-haired boss) and I can do it! I can
kinda see what most C code does but I'm no great C programmer. But I do know
somewhat about compilers, linkers and libraries and dynamic and static code.
And I know what header files do and why you need them.

To get most tarballs compiled, you don't even need to know any of this. All
you do is: ./configure; make; sudo make install. If you've got all the
needed libraries on your machine, presto, you've just compiled and installed
an application.

Source RPMS are a bit more rigorous but are just about as easy to use.

Here's a bit more detail than you might need:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/howtos/mdk-rpm/building.html