Unix rookie as well?
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Off the top of my head, "rpm -i file_name" should do it. I usually use
redhat's gui. "man rpm" will give you more details.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rolf Hopkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Patrick Malone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 13:20
Subject: Re: Rookie admin needs install help
> At 09:41 AM 6/7/2001 +0800, Rolf Hopkins wrote:
> >I don't know whether slackware has the RPM software but if it does, use
it.
> >You won't have these problems then. Otherwise I can only suggest you try
> >one of the other binaries instead.
>
> i'm also a mysql admin rookie. i couldn't get the rpm file to install and
> my linux distribution has the rpm software. however, i was able to install
> the tarball.
>
> hth
>
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