On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Dennis Schaffner wrote: > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 06:52:32 -0600 > From: Dennis Schaffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: discussions about usage and development of dia > <[email protected]> > To: discussions about usage and development of dia <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: installation > > I downloaded version 0.94 and I am using red hat workstation linux, > which I think is the 2.4 kernel. I'm new to this so I appreciate the > help. Dennis
There should be a tool listed in the menu for adding and removing packages however I started using linux before such tools and I can only explain the slighly more complicated command line based method of installing RPM files. I'm assuming you are an absolute beginner so sorry if my attempt at explanation is too pedantic. You will need to have administrator priviledges on your computer. If you do not have adminstrator priviledges then the RPM file is useless and you will need to compile from source and put Dia in your home directory. Log in to your administrator account (or any account that has admin privilidges) and at the command line type the following: rpm -i $the-name-of-dia-package-goes-here.rpm or rpm --install $the-name-of-dia-package-goes-here.rpm and that should do the trick. If you have an older version of Dia installed you might need to try instead: rpm --upgrade $the-name-of-dia-package-goes-here.rpm (Also you should not trust me and you should check that the command I have suggested doesn't do anything harmful to your machine. This is the internet, I could easily be lying. Reading the man page by typing "man rpm" should be enough to allow you to verify the command is safe). Hope that helps. Sincerely Alan Horkan _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia
