Hi,
What distro are you running. By default (and I've never seen
otherwise) the package rpm should be installed on RedHat, SuSE,
Mandrake, Caldera and maybe some others. It also comes with Debian and is
probably installed in the default install. I'm not sure about Slackware
but probably it is not installed by default. The package called
"rpm" allows you to install files contained in packages with .rpm at
the end at specific locations on your drive. Since RedHat, SuSE, Caldera,
Mandrake (and maybe a few others) use .rpm (RedHat Package
Manager) packages rpm is one of the first programs to be installed and
without which it is not possible to install your system. Debian and
Slackware use different package formats and thus does not need the rpm
program. If you are running Debian or Slackware it is recommended to get
.deb packages for debian and .tgz packages for slackware. (I would not
recommend Debian or Slackware to a new user). If you're using a rpm based
system and are getting "rpm: command not found" try getting help from a
local Linux user or reinstall the system. Possibly the rpm program has
been corrupted.
When you are getting the bash# prompt you are already working on a Linux
system, but in text mode. You need to install and configure XFree-86 first
to start up graphical mode. Seems like you need to get hold of a local
Linuxer or sweat it out.
HTH,
Indraneel
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, apurva shukla wrote:
> dear members,
> i don't know how to install rpms.
> incidentally i got a list of files not included in the pc quest june 2000 cd .they
>are
> XFree86-doc-3.3.6-20.i386.rpm
> is the exclusion of these files responsible for giving me the message :
> bash :rpm:command not found
> if yes how do i install them.my modem doesn't run in linux.
> i got a suggestion that i press alt f2 and i got the prompt
> bash#
> now how do i proceed to install linux.
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