Thanks, this worked after I renamed the file name, it was quite long and
Internet Explorer added a "(1)" to the end of it. I noticed that the error
had chopped of the last character (That is why I decided to rename the file)
I renamed it to sdd.rpm and used -ivh instead of just -i and it went just
fine.
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 6:48 AM
> To: Bill Gowan; Linux-newbie
> Subject: Re: how do I install a package
>
>
> Just use rpm -ivh <package name>.
>
> You should be getting ### marks and a system message saying installed.
>
> Paul Pandian
> IIM, Indore
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Gowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Linux-newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999 5:04 PM
> Subject: how do I install a package
>
>
> >I downloaded a package (rpm) from the web onto my hard drive (via windows
> >onto a fat16 drive). When I boot to Linux, I can see the
> package OK. (It
> >has a really long name with an extension of rpm)
> >
> >How do I actually install the package?? I have tried changing to the
> >directory that the file resides in and entering rpm -i <packagename and
> >extension> and it errors out with a syntax error. I remove the extension
> >and same thing. In the man there is a plus (+) after the example - so I
> >tried that too - I still get a syntax error.
