Hey,

This isn't strictly a development question, but it is definitely a linux question, so I am hoping someone can answer it.

I am currently rebuilding my linux server, (I am a bit of a noob at linux) and since I have been unable to find rpm versions of the package that I want for my distro, I am having to compile it from source, which seems to have went well. The package in question is subversion.

However, when I then try and add other packages which depend on subversion, such as mod_dav_svn, which I can get a pre-built rpm for, when I try and install it, it says that subversion is not installed, and it will install it. However, I know for a fact that the version that I get from the rpm repo is an earlier version, and I don't want it.

So I have two questions.

1) Is it ok to have multiple versions of subversion installed? If so, how do you know which one is being used.
2) How to you get prepackaged rpm's to realise that a version of the program is installed, however it has been installed from source.

On a side note, if a newer version of the package becomes available, is it ok to compile directly from source again, or do you have to uninstall what I have already compiled.

Hope the above makes sense!!

Thanks in advance!!

Gary