You could still use RPM. From a terminal window:
$ rpm -Uvh foo-2.0-1.i386.rpm
--doug
At 12:47 09/09/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>KPackage and rpmDrake aren't in the menus, there's no
>configuration->Packagin, and they don't work from the console. Do i have to
>re-install Mandrake?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
>> Behalf Of Larry Marshall
>> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 8:28 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing packages
>>
>>
>>
>> > I looked in the gnome and KDE menus and i don't see
>> kpackage.....is it an
>> > archive extraction-installation program? Is there a way to get
>> a list of all the mandrake packages like in the install?
>>
>> Mandrake seems to be pushing Kpackage into the background in favor of
>> its own rpmDrake. You should be able to find kpackage on the Kmenu
>> though, just deeper in the tree than normal. In 7.1 it's under
>> Configuration->Packaging->Kpackage. Of course you can just type
>> kpackage on the commandline too.
>>
>> This is one example of the dynamic nature of the GUI for Linux
>> management that causes me to use this stuff in a limited way. It'll
>> be great once stabilized but it's a moving target right now.
>>
>> Cheers --- Larry
>>
>>
>
