Re: [newbie] Installing packages

[John Rye]

Paul R wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
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U = Install
v = vebose (I think)
h = Hashes ##  across the screen - progress indicator

Run "man rpm" without quotes at term to see rest of the options flags

Cheers
john

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