installing rpm's
 

So I try installing rpm's and three thing's always seam to happen.

Either it installs, which is great :D

or it opens then closes right up

or lastly it open gets to the discrepancies and it finds some but I install or at-least try to install the libs or what not it need and it still wont work.

Is there something wrong with my system, I hope I don't have to reinstall it. Hopefully its something that I can solve.:confused:

Thanks,
apoc

1. thats good
2. maybe you downloaded the .src.rpm, and not the binary
3. you need to sort out the dependencies

SOLUTION TO ALL: use "apt".

search on these forums about it. you'll find enough writeup.

I 2nd apt :)

Did you install rpm from command line or double clicking in Konqueror or Nautilus browser? I used to get the problem in RedHat 8.0. Everything was solved after learning to use the command line 'rpm'.

Can I use apt in red hat 9.0?

Yes,
http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/

Got it going to start playing with it!

Do you want even easier?

Synaptic (previously known as raptor) is yet-another-GUI-frontend for APT. But the major difference from other frontends is that Synaptic is meant to be easy to use.

http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/

:)