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I'm stumped. I try to install the VNC package, and the Preparing SYstem Update screen flashes, and nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? RedHat9, all service updates installed.

are you installing an RPM, tar.gz?

How are you trying to install it?

More details would help us solve your problem.

RPM, I try double clicking it, version 3.3.3r2-47 from Red Hat's web site

THIS ISNT WINDOWS, YOU DONT JUST "DOUBLE CLICK" THINGS.

In a terminal, install the rpm like:

rpm -Uvh /path/to/rpm/[rpm_name].rpm


Be sure you are root when doing this.

To become root in a terminal, type "su" and enter your root password.

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