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any software cann't be installed in red hat linux 9.0

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my host computer 's operare system is windows xp .
and i installed the VMware in my computer .i created a virtual computer and installed the red hat 9.0 operate system .but i can not install any software under red hat OS .even the easiest-installed software ,for instance the RPM software is impossible to be install .i n the termination window ,i use this command "RPM -ivh rpmfilename.rpm",but fail to success .
are there anyone know how to salve this problem ?

I have no clue about rpm based distributions, but what kind of error message do you get when you try to install an rpm package?

for example ,in the examination window ,i input "rpm -ivh xmms-1.2.10-1.src.rpm"
the information is "can not create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
do you know what can i do

its not working because your trying to install a source package

xmms-1.2.10-1.src.rpm <== the src means source

you should get and install a binary one . eg: xmms-1.2.10-1.rpm

or if you want , you could build a binary package from the src package with pkgbuild

Code:

As root, or sudo:

rpmbuild --target i686 --rebuild noname-0.0.1.src.rpm





Go get a cup of coffee. This process may take a while,

 depending on the package. This process involves installing the src package

 to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES, running configure, and running make.



Look in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686 for the completed binary .rpm package.

 These packages can be installed with:



cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686

rpm -ivh noname-0.0.1.i686.rpm





or updated with:

cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686

rpm -Uvh noname-0.0.1.i686.rpm

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