Hi im a newb to linux and fedora core 2 is my first linux distribution

i cant open any rpm files - does fedora not come with this software (and if so, where is it on the dvd?)

thanx in advance

How are you trying to open the RPM files?

Normally, you install a software package from an RPM file like this: and uninstall them with For more information, type in a terminal.

There are also graphical front-ends you can use to RPM; I don't know what's bundled with Fedora. But it is an RPM-based system so you're pretty much guarenteed to have the rpm command available.

..or simply:
rpm -i package.rpm to install
rpm -e package.rpm to uninstall
rpm -U package.rpm to upgrade
rpm -F package.rpm to freshen

Maybe you want to use this too:
rpm -ihv package.rpm to have an output of what's going on
...

Boby

Well, i have a problem too with rpm packages all the time( not only a Fedora problem, but of other distros too). Is rpm management problematic after all?
See and tell me your opinion about this supernatural phenomenon.
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[root@localhost kostas]# rpm -i Acme*
warning: Acme-1.0-2.noarch.rpm: V3 RSA/MD5 signature: NOKEY, key ID dd2c67f1
package Acme-1.0-2 is already installed
[root@localhost kostas]# rpm -e Acme*
error: package Acme-1.0-2.noarch.rpm is not installed
[root@localhost kostas]# rpm -V Acme*
package Acme-1.0-2.noarch.rpm is not installed
[root@localhost kostas]# rpm -Uvf Acme*
warning: Acme-1.0-2.noarch.rpm: V3 RSA/MD5 signature: NOKEY, key ID dd2c67f1
Preparing packages for installation...
package Acme-1.0-2 is already installed

dudes hes a noob give him the grafical package manager i think its system-install-packages or some thing like that

Ok!

For graphical mode...doubble click on an RPM file and when it askes "Open with:" type system-install-packages and you can also select "Remember application association..".

Boby

The package you have installed is named Acme-1.0-2
The file Acme-1.0-2.noarch.rpm holds this package.
You are asking it to tell you about the package Acme-1.0-2.noarch.rpm, which would probably be held in a file like Acme-1.0-2_noarch_rpm.noarch.rpm

The -q -e -V etc. options want the package name, not the filename.