Installing RPMs in FC4

subhamay · 10-10-2005, 05:28 AM

I have recently setup FC4 as worstation, but in KDE double-clicking any RPM opens the Archive Manager window and archives the RPM instead of installing it. Even right-clicking any RPM doesn't give me the Install Package option which was there in other RHL or Fedora versions. However in Genome the installer is available. How to make the package installer work in KDE ?
I am not sure but is using yum is the new way to install any RPM ?

jcliburn · 10-10-2005, 06:22 AM

Yum not only installs rpms, it determines which additional rpms might be needed (as dependencies), then fetches and installs them too. It's a very good tool, and much handier than installing rpms manually.

banzai_slr · 10-11-2005, 06:44 AM

In the control centre, go to KDE components -> file associations -> there you can expand application and you will see x-rpm (if not, create it) set the command to be /usr/bin/system-install-packages

reddazz · 10-11-2005, 10:45 AM

I'd go with yum instead of system-config-packages. Systyem-config-packages does not work properly if you have updated any rpms on your system and then try to use the installation disks as sources. It also does not do fetch any dependencies from the web so you resolve them manually.

subhamay · 10-15-2005, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by banzai_slr
In the control centre, go to KDE components -> file associations -> there you can expand application and you will see x-rpm (if not, create it) set the command to be /usr/bin/system-install-packages

Great

it is the solution i was looking for.