[aclug-L] Re: Software?

["Benjamin F. Bunck" <bbunck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you know what your looking for, 

www.sourceforge.net
www.rpmfind.net
( especially http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ )

are great places to look for the newest releases of a variety of Linux 
software.

Also, most linux distrobutions have mirror sites for the official 
releases...so you can download individual packages that may not be on your 
install cd's.

A good mirror site for several major distrobutions is:

ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/pub/linux/

If you use redhat, go to www.redhat.com/download/.  Click on the "advanced 
search" option, and then make sure "file names" is selected.  This will allow 
you to look for rpm's that contain a given file.  This is particularly useful 
for when you try to install an rpm, and you get a message like "<package> 
needs libstd******" .  You simply put the missing file into the search, and 
the search result includes a link to download the required package.  Very 
handy.

Hope this helps some

Ben



On Friday 22 June 2001 07:21 am, you wrote:
> Someone suggested that I look into "IDE's" (Integrated Development
> Environments) for my programming stuff. I did and I found an intriguing one
> called KDevelop. Unfortunately, it requires KDE 2.x.
>
> So, I've been trying to d/l that program, but I haven't been too
> successful. Oh I've been getting the various .rpm files, of course. It's
> just that when I try to run them and install them, they say that they need
> this or that module first.
>
> I then try to look up that module on http://www.linux.org 's applications
> search engine. Unfortunately, I am generally unsuccessful in finding the
> file I need.
>
> Therefore, is there a site in Linux with all the software for download? Or
> at least an index of mirrors? Something in the line of
> http://www.download.com ?
>
> Thanks!
>
> BCH
>
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> 3rd Year Medical Student
> University of Kansas School of Medicine
> http://www2.kumc.edu/students/bhumburg
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