Re: Who can tell me what does this mean?
On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 02:12 +0800, Nathan Huang wrote: > who can tell me what does this syntax mean? > > su -c 'rpm -Uvh /path to rpm/VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.i386.rpm' In addition to the other replies, see the man files for the su and rpm commands. man su man rpm -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Who can tell me what does this mean?
It's a "recipe". You have to replace "path to rpm" by the actual path to VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.i386.rpm. In detail: su -c runs the command as enquoted as root. You will be prompted for the root password. The command itself is rpm (install/ update etc.), the switches -Uvh mean: -U: Upgrade -v: verbose -h: hash, i.e. print 50 hash marks while unpacking VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.i386.rpm. The remaining part of the rpm command is path and *.rpm for the upgrade. Installing/Upgrading, in general, demands for root rights. Joerg Am 14.07.2009 20:12, schrieb Nathan Huang: Hi guys who can tell me what does this syntax mean? su -c 'rpm -Uvh /path to rpm/VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.i386.rpm' thanks nathan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Who can tell me what does this mean?
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 01:17:42PM -0500, Jud Craft wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Nathan > Huang wrote: > > Hi guys > > who can tell me what does this syntax mean? > > > > su -c 'rpm -Uvh /path to rpm/VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.i386.rpm' > > This command looks like it will ask for your root password, and then > it will install or update the VMWare Player package. More specifically, it switches user to root (thus prompting for password), and runs that command as root. The 'path to rpm' part is something you're expected to fill in with the actual location of the rpm package file. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Who can tell me what does this mean?
This command looks like it will ask for your root password, and then it will install or update the VMWare Player package. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Nathan Huang wrote: > Hi guys > who can tell me what does this syntax mean? > > su -c 'rpm -Uvh /path to rpm/VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.i386.rpm' > > > thanks > nathan > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
