On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, David Goodenough wrote:

> Well the rpm command would install any rpm files in the current directory.
> The apt-get sequence is the one I run (dist-upgrade only if needed) every
> day to keep my box up to date.  But I have never come across using it on a
> non-Debian box.


rpm can download and install a package:
rpm --install http://www.example.com/RedHat/funny-package.0.0.i368.rpm
It can also do ftp URNs.


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Cheers
John.

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