Re: Why RPMs?

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> I've been trying to install GNOME on my Linux system for quite a while. The
> main problem is that most things won't compile out of CVS (I don't expect
> them to) and that all the compiled versions or releases are in RPMs, and I
> don't have rpm... 

Stuff does compile out of CVS.  You just need to have every package in
place to compile gnome properly.  Look in the .spec files in each
package, they list the steps required to compile/install gnome.

Miguel.