RPM ??'s

[Cyber Source]

I believe the rpm will install to where it's internal instructions tell
it too, or so I've always believed. I installed Mandrake 9.0 and it did
not install my cd-rom drive correctly in the /etc/fstab file, a quick
fix but was a little annoying, I went on to install RedHat 8.0 over it
in the end, RH is just becoming a  personal preference at this point.
On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 13:55, JJ Neff wrote:

    What is the syntax to install an RPM to a location I want it to go to , ie in
    SUse (as well as other distros) they recommend that you place non-distro RPM's
    in /usr/local or /opt or someplace other than where the distro specific one may
    go.  I tried root and prefix but got errors so I'm either using the wrong
    switch or messing up syntax.
    
    any help?
    
    JJN
    
    PS  Im downloading the isos for 9.0 Mandrake at the moment, Hope no one on my
    network complains too loud!..  Anyone instll it yet (or upgrade) how was
    upgrade, smooth, any gotchas found yet?  etc etc
    
    PPS  : Philosophical discussion:  I want to switch to Linux exclusively (and
    would if I wasnt so ingrained in M$ money.  I realized to support Linux I
    should support it financially as well since there is perfectly good commercial
    software.  StarOffice, Mandake and Suse, Codeweavers Wine and Officereaders, 
    all this I've been using for free.  I've considered "purchasing" some of these
    services and being a real user.  For example I could Buy a boxed verison of
    mandrake or suse, StarOffice and Codeweavers wine, and crossover plugins then I
    could demand support as a loyal cutomer and expect good performance, plus I
    would be ensuring that commercial software for Linux is produced in the future.
    
    Thoughts comments ideas, rants speak up (this was triggered by the Mandrake
    article about Wesley Crusher - or the actor who plays him switching to Mandrake
    exclusively) and my own thoughts about Suse's and mandrake's business models.
    
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