[olug] rpm Howto

[nate]

Thanks Kent i'm working on it now 


On Friday 12 September 2003 01:16 pm, Kenton Brede wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 12:52:52PM -0500, nate wrote:
> > I have come to the conclusion that I'm not reading the right howto.
> > What prompted this search in the rpm Howto is that I was downloading a
> > file and trying to install it with RPM.  I could not get it to install
> > and could not figure out why.  I have now forgotten which program I was
> > trying to install, it will come to me later.  Ha!
> > Can you steer me in the right direction?  I thought, and maybe correctly,
> > that rpm was not installed on my (MANDRAKE 9.1 ) System because I could
> > not get it to work.
> > I have certainly, though learned a LOT from this thread,  THANKS,  I need
> > all the help that I can get
>
> Logged in as user root issue the following command to install an .rpm
> package -
>
> rpm -ivh package_name.rpm
>
> There are a ton of options that can be used with rpm.  Check the man-page
> for more info -
> $ man rpm
>
> Sounds like you need to take the time to read some of the documentation.
>
> Most programs have a man-page associated with it.  Check the man-page for
> man, make a note of the "-k" option.  Can be quite helpful.
>
> Here is a link you might find useful  -
> http://www.onlamp.com/linux/cmd/
>
> Do a search in google.com for "basic linux commands" you will find many
> sites which will help you quickly get oriented to Linux.
>
> Also you should be aware of http://www.tldp.org/ and the documentation
> there.
>
> As far as finding programs a quick way to do so is with the "which" and
> "whereis" commands.  If you were trying to find "rpm" on your system you
> could use -
>
> $ whereis rpm
> or
> $ which rpm
>
> A quick search for "rpm howto" in google will find -
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/howtos/mdk-rpm/
> http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO/
>
> kent