Proper way to install downloaded?
Hi, I'm new, just installed Red Hat 9
I hope this isn't a too general a question, but what is the normal way to install programs? I downloaded the XMMS music program, and installed it by double-clicking the .rms file, and it did the rest itself. Now I can access it thru MAINMENU-Sound&Video-More-XMMS but where is the program installed exactly? How is it uninstalled if i need to? Do I need to keep the .rms file? To website to get all (most?) of linux's software is www.freshmeat.net, is that correct? Say I want to install the newest version of GAIM, even though an older version is installed. DO i need to uninstallt he previosu vers first, or does it not matter? I downloaded the gaim-0.70.tar.gz file, which seems to be like a .zip file. Where do most people put it? Are most programs in .tar.gz files? Sorry for all the questions, and thanks for helping! |
I prefer the .rpm's but either or will work
I've listed some good sorces of these ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/9/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/freshrpms/redhat/9 if you want to know what a particular rpm provides go here and enter it into the search then check what all it provides you can also check to see which path it uses for the files http://rpm.pbone.net/ that may answer some or most of your questions http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...started-guide/ here is a link to a RH9 manual it may help if you get stuck or are wondering about a command its not RH8 but there is not much difference between the 2 |
Hi there,
If you're looking for "click-to-install" packages you need .deb or .rpm packages, with RPM software already installed, or some similar scheme from other (non-RPM based) distributions. Packages ending in .tar.gz, .tgz or .tar.bz2 are generally source code tarballs which need to be compiled and installed before they'll work. Unless you're ready to try "./configure --prefix=/usr/local && make && make install" then you possibly don't want to bother downloading them. However, you do at least know where the files are and if you keep the configured source code you can remove it with "make uninstall" (sometimes...). Enjoy... |
Re: Proper way to install downloaded?
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Usually an install has two "branches". One is the downloaded (and compiled) source -- that ominous ./configure - make - install -- the second the rpm. You can use either one or the other. Now the install command is in reality a script which copies various files to various destinations, among them the executable -- usually to /user/bin. You have to see the READMEs etc. to find out how to invoke the program. With rpm it is a database (rpmdb?) in which the precompiled program is inserted. From here on it is integrated into your system, don't ask me how. Quote:
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Good luck. :) |
the rpms will over write the old version with the new
there is no need to uninstall the old version with .rpms see my previous post for some good sources of .rpms the manual listed in my previous post also will tell you how to install .rpms and .tar files ######################################### the command to upgrade a package with .rpms is rpm -Uvh <packagename>.rpm to remove is rpm -e <packagename> ( without the .rpm suffix ) ######################################### to find where the application is open a terminal type at the command prompt locate <programname> ex locate xmms /usr/bin/xmms this is where the program resides |
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Hm. I use rpm 3.0.6 ...
BTW: rpm 4 was recently released ... |
Type man rpm or info rpm in console .Use man and info often ;)
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