On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 13:26, Marius Andreiana wrote: > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 20:45, MET wrote: > > I have just downloaded two RPM files that I need to get XFree86 running > > on my system (NVIDIA drivers), but where do I put them so that my 'rpm' > > commands will work on them? > Also download the README.txt (same page as drivers), it says there > how to install them. > > you can install a rpm from the current directory using > rpm -Uvh file.rpm > if it's a binary. If it's a source rpm ( has 'src' in it's name ) you > can build a binary rpm with > rpmbuild --rebuild filesrc.rpm > actually this will update (read replace) a package to install one you would use i as in rpm -ivh /path/to/rpmbinary.rpm
i= install v= verbose h= print hash marks as a progress indicator man rpm has a lot of good info in it. I still refer to it for stuff I don't use very often. Not sure what the nvida packeges are but if they are kernel rpms then you really wnat to install them rather thatn Update them so if something pukes you can at least boot under the old kernel. There is a very good redhat kernel upgrade howto that I use the procedures from at : http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/kernel-upgrade/ Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
