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WHATS THE difference (SRPMS / i386) ????????????????????????

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/whats-the-difference-srpms-i386.11559/

harmax
harmax Original post #1
Jun 19, 2005 at 12:54 AM
when i was about to download fc4 from a mirror the ftp site gave me 4 options as shown in the picture

*img201.echo.cx/img201/6546/untitled5bu.th.jpg

the last two i figured out is not for me

so whats the diff b/w SRPMS and i386 , which is better??

somebody please elaborate

thnx in adv
gauravnawani
gauravnawani #2
Jun 19, 2005 at 7:13 AM
SRPM stands for Source RPM. It is basically only sourceRPM file and when you install it and it gets installed like an RPM file, but it goes into a predefined directory from where you compile the sources it extracts, just like any *.tar.gz or other source files.

i386 stands for Intel 32 plateform of processors and like p3 p4 and that also includes athlon, athlonxp.

Just go to i386 and download the iso for it if you have any of those processors.

BTW the CD you will generate from those ISO's will still have few packages in SRPM. But all you need to worry right now is i386&RPM.