--- Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In SuSE one does have to get into using RPMs right > away; Yast and YOU > (Yast online utility) do much of the work for you. > Consequently, my > understanding of RPMs and how to make use of them is > all theory and no > practice. >
it's not needed to work with the rpm packages directly, unless the particular software is not included with your distro. > I've read the man pages for rpm (8) but that's kinda > minimally > helpful. The command rpm -qa which I'm told will > list all installed > packages isn't even documented properly; my docs say > something about a > gpg public key. But on my box, the -qa option lists > all rpms present. > > If that's the case, then what does rpmqpack do and > why is it so much > faster? rpmqpack is a lower detailed listing. ( from the name of the command ) I've never actually used the query features of rpm, so that's just a guess. > Anyone care to give me the fast rundown on what to > do with an rpm once > I download it and drop it into some temporary spot > on my hard disk? > And where is a good spot on my hard disk for such > things? > > -T > at console: su ( to switch to root account for installing ) rpm -i [name of package] that will install the software, if you have all dependancies available. in a gui: be logged in as root, to enable software installation use file browser to locate the rpm, click on it. ( double click if mouse controls set to emulate windows functionality ) you can also run yast at console I beleive, by typing yast [ name of rpm ] this would use yast's features during the install, possibly even installing the dependancies that are needed but not installed already. Jaqui support your local resource reallocation specialist, keep the dumpsters unlocked. plain text files only. m$ .doc not readable. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
