Re: [newbie] Installing packages

[Austin L. Denyer]

> Doug McGarrett wrote:
> >
> > You could still use RPM. From a terminal window:
> > $ rpm -Uvh foo-2.0-1.i386.rpm
> > --doug
>
>
> What's the Uvh for?

U = Update
v = verbose (tells you what it's doing)
h = hash (prints hash marks as it runs so you can see it's working and
not hung).

Regards,
Ozz.