On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Douglas Shroar wrote:

 |I came across somepkg-2.2.4-1mdk.noarch.rpm
 |Whats this noarch? How'Z this noarch is different frm a binary or a source,

mostly platform independent stuff like documentation etc... can also be
interpreted stuff like perl scripts which work on all architectures.

 |How should I install these types?
Same as you would install any other rpm...
rpm -ivh rpm-name.noarch.rpm
or
rpm -Uvh rpm-name.noarch.rpm

Kingsly
                .:: Kingsly John                ICQ 14787510 ::.
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            .:: Linux 2.4.3 #10 Mon Apr 23 22:43:11 IST 2001 i686 ::.
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           `:. Posted to the list on Sat Apr 28 14:13:01 IST 2001 .:'


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