OK, I admit it, I'm confused. I've downloaded several RPM's for installation on my Mandrake 9.0 machine. I've had various dependencies issues, which I kind of understand.
I'm confused on the proper command line to get RPM to install a package, and I have several questions about the install and RPM in general. I've looked through the message archives and Google, and I'm more confused... :-( - RPM's are precompiled packages, correct? So once I get a package installed, that should be it... ready to run? - When I do "rpm -i *.rpm" assuming I have all the dependent rpm's in the same directory, shouldn't they all install gracefully and wonderfully? - If I have, for example, "application1.5" running on my system and I download "application1.6.rpm" and install that package, should it install right over the 1.5 version? Or will I wind up with two installations, 1.5 and 1.6? - Does rpm magically know all the correct installation paths, so will it install over the top of a previous version of an app? i.e., how do I update an application and is that safe to do? Or do I have to shut down and uninstall an older app to then update it? Mandrake 9.0 comes with Apache 1.3.26 pre-installed. After downloading the 1.3.27 update RPM's, what would be the best way to install the update? I guess what I'm asking is does the following work or am I living in utopia... - load all the rpm's into a single directory - type 'rpm -i *.rpm' which should install 1.3.27 over 1.3.26 in all the right locations... - reboot the box and Apache 1.3.27 will be running. Once I understand this, I'm sure I'll make it to the next plateau! :-) Oh- one last question- is there a good web page (either on my system or on the 'net) that explains the use of RPM in general- not how to build rpm's if you are a programmer- more how to use it if you want to install packages. All the web How-To's that I've looked at go into detail on how to build rpm's from scratch... I don't really care about that since I'm not a programmer- I just want to get packages installed on my system. Thanks in advance for any help. Marlo
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