[newbie] installing rpms

[Heather Reed]

Hi again     Sorry to be asking all these stupid questions. I uninstalled gaim from software manager, and downloaded a newer version, which I have stored in my root directory. However, I can't get either software manager or package manager to find it (KDE). In package manager I set /rrot/ as a search path, but still nothing.  I tried to install it by clicking on the icon, and it went through an install procedure, telling me it had been installed successfully, but there is no icon for it, so if it has installed, I don't know where it is! I know I am still mentally in windows, so have probably done something wrong :-(( So - when I download rpms from the net, where do I put them so that they can be seen by package manager or software manager, or alternatively, how do I know the right directory to install them to using the console or whatever is needed? Once again, apologies for being a bit thick and slow :-)) Heather