[newbie] rpm for downloads

[Jean-Paul Thuot]

rpm -Uvh <name.of.rpm.you.want.to.install>.rpm

should make the rpm install for you.

HTH

Jean-Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Craig" <gordon.craig@shaw.ca>
To: "VLUG (newbie)" <newbie@vlug.org>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:04 AM
Subject: [newbie] rpm for downloads


> I have tried EVERYTHING but RPMDrake insists on loading only what it can
> find on the distro cd's. How do I get it to install a download? I
> downloaded RP8 (Real Player) but there is no way I can get RPM to work.
> When I click on the file in Konqueror or Nautilus, the hourglass turns,
> and turns, and turns. . .  until  it times itself out. When I call up
> rpmdrake from the main menu, it refuses to accept anything but the stuff
> on the disks. Please, can somebody tell me the obvious thing I must be
> missing here?
> -- 
> Gordon Craig <gordon.craig@shaw.ca>
> 
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