Where can I get a dia rpm package? On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 09:30, Alan Horkan wrote: > 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 >
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