Perfect, 'rpm -Uvh file.rpm' is what I use too. The 'U' means Upgrade. The 'v' means Verbose, and the 'h' means Hash (show the "####" marks as it installs). You are probably getting dependency errors. Most of these can be avoided by using apt-get instead of RPM. apt-get actually uses RPM underneath, but it downloads the RPMs for you automatically and resolves any dependencies too. For example, if I want to install samba-server, but it depends on samba-common, apt-get will download and install both of them for me automagically. Here's more info on apt-get:
http://uug.byu.edu/apt I've personally found the man pages for rpm to be a little hard to understand from a beginner's standpoint, but for more experienced users, they are quite good. I've found that to be the case with most of them actually. Once you start to get the "feel" of man they make a lot more sense. Good luck. A note on tar files: You almost never need to use tar balls. There almost always exists an RPM you can use instead. It's generally easier to maintain a system where you have not built everything from source (since there's no way to easily know where all the files have gone for uninstallation later). I would avoid it if I were a newbie. --Dave On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 20:05, Erin! wrote: > i haven't seen any good tutorials, but a friend who uses linux a lot > taught me that for rpms: > rpm -Uvh yourfilename.rpm > and for tars: > tar -zxvf yourfilename.tar > work nicely... that's what i've used... (if any of this is wrong, > please post something... i'm not completely sure what the letters > mean... if you want more info, try > man tar or man rpm > the man files are actually very very helpful when learning linux.. > hope this helps and doesn't confuse you more... like you, i'm very > very slowly learning this :) > ~Erin > > > > --- Andrew Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi to all. Are there any good general tutorials regarding > > application > > installation? For example, the use of RPM, make and so on? > > Specifically, I am trying to install Samba on RH8.0 using an RPM and > > am > > getting nowhere. I fear that I am the newest of newbies, so a very > > introductory tutorial wold be very helpful. Many thanks. > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > ===== > The pledge of allegiance to the flag is a pledge to the ideals of our forefathers, > the men who fought and died in the building of this great nation. It is a pledge to > fulfill our duties and obligations as citizens of the United States, and to uphold > the principles of our constitution. And last but not least, it is a pledge to > maintain the four great freedoms treasured by all Americans: freedom of speech, > freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. > ~Lee Greenwood > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
