[olug] question downloading packages

[ktb]

On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 09:23:51AM +0600, Francis Geiger wrote:
> I'm a newbie to Linux I am trying to use rpm to load gnomesword in my
> RedHat 8.0 system. This is my first foray in to rpm. I have a msg saying
> I need to load libsword.so.1  and I also found I need to load
> sword-1.5.3 as well.  Is this a normal situation when loading and
> installing packages with Linux? Do I download all these packages then
> install each of them in turn?  
> 

Dependency hell isn't a normal situation with all flavors of Linux.  If
you find it too annoying try Debian or Gentoo.
kent

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