On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:45:49 -0000
"Heather Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Parish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] installing rpms
>
>
> > Heather,
> >
> > No thickness or slowness is evident. Your willingness to ask "simple"
> > questions is I am sure appreciated by many readers of this list.
> >
> > Anyway...
> >
> > The great thing about RPMs is that they know what to do with
> > themselves. I find the easiest way to deal with them is to download to
> > my home drectory and then in a console do the following:
> >
> > rpm -ivh name-of-app.rpm
> >
> > The ivh means: Install Verbose Hash
> >
> Brian - thanks very much for your excellent step by step guide - much
> appreciated! I followed the instructions to the letter, but what I got at
> the console was a list of the various commands that could be used by rpm. I
> looked in every single directory, and couldn't find the gaim entry, and
> found a gaim directory in the usr/local list that was completely empty! I am
> cursing with frustration here - and definitely without a clue!!! Can you or
> anyone enlighten me?
> Thanks in advance
Heather
To install an rpm, the real easy way until you learn your way around some, is to su to
root and launch kpackage.
Then from a filemgr drag the rpm you wish to install and drop it in the right window
payne and click install.
Using rpm from the console.
I want to install help-1.1-1mdk.rpm.
I su to root and enter
rpm -ivh help-1.1-1mdk.rpm
Charles
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