----- Original Message ----- From: "Tore Frederiksen" <jot2re(a)hotmail.com&gt; To: <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt; Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:27 PM Subject: Installing RPM s You use rpm to install rpm packages ;-) Try this as root: # rpm -qa | grep rpm You should see at least something like: rpm-4.3.1-0.3 (Don't worry too much about the version numbers.) Assuming that you have rpm and that you want to install a rpm package called <something>.rpm which is on your local hard drive, do this: # rpm -Uvh <something.rpm> For more info check out the man page. There are many many options including installing from remote sites via ftp or http. Steve.

On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 14:27, Tore Frederiksen wrote: Whenever you have question include the distro name and number and where is the error message occurring Command Line, GUI/ X in KDE, TWM or Gnome. I am going to assume that you are using Nautilus, the file browser in Gnome. 1. Right-click the rpm you want to install. 2. Select Open With -> application 3. A box containing the options for the applications will be displayed press the modify button and set up 'install applications' as visible in the Open With category. 4. Now close the modify box and select the rpm you want to install right-click the file then select Open With -> Install Applications From the command line, in X/KDE/Gnome use the terminal item when you right click any place on the desktop, you can use: 1. To install rpm -ivh filename.i386.rpm 2. to update use rpm -Uvh filename.i386.rpm 3, to remove a rpm rpm e rpmname 4. What packages are installed from the command line terminal? rpm -qa |sort >rpm.txt && gedit rpm.txt &

--On Monday, July 26, 2004 12:59 PM +1000 Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au&gt; wrote: No!!!! The -i (install) switch is only appropriate for kernels. For all other packages, use -U (update). It will also install if the package isn't present, but it will remove any old versions if they are. (This isn't appropriate for kernels, as you don't want to uninstall the old one until you've tested the new one. Then you use -e (erase) to remove the old one.)

--On Sunday, July 25, 2004 9:50 PM -0700 Timothy Payne <tim(a)tmpco.com&gt; wrote: <http://rpm-devel.colug.net/max-rpm/s1-rpm-upgrade-nearly-identical.html> You *can* use -i, but -U is easier because it takes care of the case where you're not sure if an older package is installed.

On 01:18 27 Jul 2004, James Wilkinson <james(a)westexe.demon.co.uk&gt; wrote: | Cameron Simpson recommended: | > Pop up a terminal, su to root and then cd to the directory with the rpm | > in it. Then: | > rpm -ivh foo.rpm | | Kenneth Porter objected: | > No!!!! | > The -i (install) switch is only appropriate for kernels. For all other | > packages, use -U (update). It will also install if the package isn't | > present, but it will remove any old versions if they are. | | I don't think it's as black-and-white as Kenneth makes out. | | -U is basically a "make it work" option. -i and -F are "I know what I'm | doing" options that are more likely to come up with errors if the state | of your system isn't exactly what you expect. In certain circumstances, | this is a good thing. Yes, and it's a main reason I do things that way myself. I usually think I know what I've got installed and want to be told if I'm wrong. BTW, while we're on the RPM topic, can I "pin" an RPM, so that rpm -U or -F won't touch it? I occasionally want to install a special RPM of a standard package (eg built from a hacked SRPM with special patches) and _don't_ want a stray -F or -U to upgrade it because the upgrade will lack the special patches. Currently my only choices seem to be either: - build from source and keep out of the way of RPM (eg install in /opt, which I do a lot) - use a special SRPM and just be Very Very careful from then on Is there a way to "pin" an RPM? Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au&gt; DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ So, Lionel, Bob, by my model, anyone who still insists on 'considering both alternatives' probably also makes tea by waiting for Maxwell's Demon to boil the water. - watson(a)sce.carleton.ca (Steve Watson)