Hi Thomas,
"Thomas J. Hamman" wrote:
>
>
> Installing a program from an rpm file is pretty simple; just type:
>
> rpm -ivh <filename>
>
> (i=install, v=verbose, h=hash. i is the only option you really need to
> install, but the v and h add nice features that let you know how the
> install is going.)
>
> If you want to see what files were installed and where they went, you can
> use this command:
>
> rpm -ql <packagename>
>
> (q=query, l=list packages)
When I was first reading the man page of rpm, I coulndt find what I looked
for and I didnt understand most of it.
Given more such examples, as yours above, many things would be easier for
beginners.
I remember,when I used VMS before some years, I had less difficulties
to get started. VMS has a very fine help system and for every command
and most options there is a chapter "Examples".
Most every-day-jobs are covered there.
Also the VMS help pages are structurized and hyperlinked,starting with basics
and going to advanced usage at the deeper levels.
If somebody has working examples,then he can get started,even if he has a
lack of knowledge.
I think this is a shortcomig of Linux,the online help (man and info pages)
is made for the experienced user and not for the beginner.
An alphabetical listing of options is not very helpful for beginners.
However,if I had a help as in windows,then it wouldnt be helpful
either. Given a help index with some 100 entries starting with "how can I.."
wouldnt be helpful in Linux. Linux is much more complex than windows.
greetings,
Peter
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