Hi Gurudatta! > - rpm - ivh Filename.rpm > > I used it. TO my shock it gave message that it > required 4 more packages.
I'm afraid but it happens and it's always frustrating... :-( When I started with Linux, I got frustrated with it too... RPM on it's own will only check if all dependencies are installed and if yes then it'll install the input .rpm file. Otherwise it'll fail giving error. You'll have to install the dependencies manually. Beware, these packages might actually have further dependencies... :-( Although I haven't used it, but heard from many that apt-get on debian takes care of all such dependencies. I think there are other alternatives too, hopefully those which are not distro specific. Google might help. Some time back there was one thread which I remember mentioned some RPM alternatives. Try to check it out. Maybe you could do a "google site search" on www.plug.org.in > I was installing FireFox, Its a shame that now I am > using Firefox on WindowsXP, which got installed in a > breeze. I wonder how come firefox failed with dependency problems. It always worked smoothly for me. And almost all new distros come with firefox bundled, so there shouldn't be any dep probs. Try your distro's update/add s/w features. > So, what is the setup.exe equivalent in LINUX ? No straight way. There are many ways of installing s/w on Linux. These days I prefer compiling and install source code rather than RPM files, unless an RPM is available built specifically for the distro I'm using. Yeh check that out too; that the RPM you are trying to install is built for the distro you are using. For example, I'm running SuSE 9.3, so I'll look for an RPM of XYZ s/w built specifically for SuSE 9.3, or atleast the SuSE 9.x series. Although there are some things that are frustrating, there are so many good things too about Linux. So try to stick with it longer and you'll get a hang of it. And remember, there is always some work going on in opensource to make GNU/Linux more user friendly, so things will soon improve. It's only a matter of time. I'd suggest that you take a look at Mandriva and SuSE distros. They are the most user friendly ones I've seen so far. Regards, Kapil -- "The Power to Imagine, is The Power to Create!" -TTux -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
