From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   TJ wrote:   
   > On 05/20/2012 12:04 AM, Adam wrote:   
      
   >> Really elementary question: Are the two distros already different   
   >> enough   
   >> that packages from the Mandriva repository won't work with Mageia?   
   >   
   > Depends on the individual package, mostly on dependencies.   
   [...]   
   > That particular problem showed up right from the start of Mageia 1   
   > with VirtualBox. Mandriva was using an older version of a   
   > dependency, so the vendor's Mandriva rpm was very difficult to   
   > install in Mageia.   
      
   I'm still running Mandriva 2010.0, so the VirtualBox package in   
   Mandriva's repository is relatively old.  I've been using the RPM   
   package directly from the VirtualBox website and that's been working   
   well for me.  Same for gphoto2, from the source code on the gphoto2   
   website.  I couldn't uninstall Mandriva's package (too many others   
   depend on it) but I installed the newer one into directories earlier   
   in my path.  OTOH there are other programs where building from   
   source from the program's website was such a hassle that I gave up.   
      
   Thanks very much for your answer, which I interpret as "usually not   
   (Mandriva vs. Mageia repositories) -- but often (not always) the   
   generic version from the program's own web site will work."  I know   
   that sounds wordy, but (at least to me) it's a clear answer.  Once   
   the dust settles with Mandriva or I buy my next computer, whichever   
   happens first, I'll be installing a newer release of at least one   
   distro.   
      
   Adam   
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