Updating automake and autoconfig-How?

Greetings to the list. Thanks for being here. Still.

I am running Red Hat 7.3 and need to update automake
and autoconfig development tools in order to install a
package I am trying to run. My problem is, I don't
know how to do that. I am running KDE 3.0.0-10 if that
makes any difference. Please let me know if there is
anything else I need to know. Any help is much
appreciated. I don't have a clue how to do this, but I
follow instructions well.

Thanks.

-Steve






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Re: Updating automake and autoconfig-How?

On Tuesday 15 June 2004 05:44, Steven Ackerman wrote:
> Greetings to the list. Thanks for being here. Still.
>
> I am running Red Hat 7.3 and need to update automake
> and autoconfig development tools in order to install a
> package I am trying to run. My problem is, I don't
> know how to do that. I am running KDE 3.0.0-10 if that
> makes any difference. Please let me know if there is
> anything else I need to know. Any help is much
> appreciated. I don't have a clue how to do this, but I
> follow instructions well.

You can find rpm's for your version of redhat at;

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/

On another note, you may well have reasons for using such an old version of
redhat however its very old and to be honest way out of date for programs and
utilitys from recent times, therefor its maybe time to start thinking about
upgrading your 7.3 to a more recent version, or if you have a spare partition
or a spare disk then simply install a more recent version on that space and
leave the old version intact allowing you to compare the two.
Having said that Redhat upgrade's are quite easy and keeps your old stuff.


> Thanks.
>
> -Steve

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try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.

Regards Richard
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http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/


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Re: Updating automake and autoconfig-How?

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, pa3gcu wrote:

>
> On another note, you may well have reasons for using such an old vers=
ion of
> redhat however its very old and to be honest way out of date for prog=
rams and
> utilitys from recent times, therefor its maybe time to start thinking=
about
> upgrading your 7.3 to a more recent version, or if you have a spare p=
artition
> or a spare disk then simply install a more recent version on that spa=
ce and
> leave the old version intact allowing you to compare the two.
> Having said that Redhat upgrade's are quite easy and keeps your old s=
tuff.
>

7.3 is still supported by the fedora legacy project
(http://www.fedoralegacy.org) although I've no experience of them. A
quick look in my local mirror suggests they have _somewhat_ newer
versions of automake and autoconf for 7.3. Presumably, your error
messages will tell you _which_ minimum versions you need.

And maybe I should add that RH itself has moved out of this market -
even RH 9 is no longer supported. The fedora project (not the same as
fedora legacy!) trials things before they get into RH enterprise, but
may be a bumpy ride for some users (e.g. people trying to dual-boot, as
of earlier this month).

Ken
--=20
das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce

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