> can somebody please either explain to me how to use rpms or point me
> to a howto page on the subject
The man page for rpm is not bad :)
But you can begin with this:
Installing a package (i), with verbos (v) and a progress bar (h)
rpm -ivh package
Delete a package
rpm -e package
Upgrading a package
rpm -Uvh package
Query for the version of a package
rpm -q package
See all installed package
rpm -qa package
Check an uninstalled package
rpm -qip package
You can also force the installation with --force option
------------ force the "non-checking-depencies" with --nodeps
Regards
Jerome
