how to install off a cd

carniomana · 08-21-2003, 09:06 AM

how do u install a program off a cdrom... note cdrom drive is mounted at /mnt/cdrom
just cant find which program runs the install process..

bitpicker · 08-21-2003, 09:15 AM

Which distribution do you have? Is it the CD ROM which contains your distro or another?

Robin

carniomana · 08-21-2003, 09:17 AM

it's redhat linux 2.0, and the software is not the distro... it's just a program i need installed... im new to linux completely, so i dont know which files are the executables, etc.. just dont know how to run the install, or if u do it from the terminal.

carniomana · 08-21-2003, 09:52 AM

if someone could just tell me what the extention for install files are.. or what to look for when browsing the cdrom drive that would help.

Mathieu · 08-21-2003, 10:54 AM

Quote:

redhat linux 2.0

Wow, very old version of RedHat.

If the file has a RPM extension (.rpm), then you can use the rpm command:

Code:

rpm -iv package_name

If it has a .bin extension, then you can simply execute the file.
However, you may need to copy the file to the HD and set the permisions to execute.

carniomana · 08-21-2003, 11:10 AM

this is what the cd has when i browse it:

a bunch of *.8** files ie: cca5.803
lscar
update.isi
update
upd.lst
newvers
oldvers
prodlist
relsize

ok so where would i copy these to, and/or how to install (install -i.... in terminal)?

Mathieu · 08-21-2003, 11:30 AM

First, you need to find out what type of files you have on the CD ( or at least the one that is executable).
The file command can tell you what type the file is, for example:

Code:

file anUnknownFile

carniomana · 08-21-2003, 11:39 AM

well i copied the contents onto the drive... and there are less files now... all the .8** files went away, and i checked the remaining files. "lscar" is the only executable... but not sure how to execute it... all the others are ASCII except one is "English text"

carniomana · 08-21-2003, 01:45 PM

so what to do?