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Old 12-27-2004, 01:13 PM   #1
FooB
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rpm files


again, another nooby question from me.
how to i install .rpm files?

ive just installed linux on my main machine and i need to install the drivers for my ATi Radeon 9600.

the file is .rpm format and it has errors when i try to install it.

it also says this on thje download notes.

"The display driver requires POSIX shared memory to be enabled on the system."

how do i do this?

thanks in advance
 
Old 12-27-2004, 02:03 PM   #2
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What distro are you using? You can install rpms from a console as follows,

$su -c "rpm -Uvh package.rpm"
enter the root password and if there are no problems, the rpm will install. The command above needs to be run from the directory where the rpm has been downloaded.

some distros have graphical tools for managing rpms.
 
Old 12-27-2004, 04:23 PM   #3
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im using mandrake 10.0 KDE 3.2

there seems to be more t this than just the rpm file if anyone could be any more help.

i have an ATi Radeon 9600, trying to install the latest drivers from www.ati.com

there is indeed a help page on the download page but it makes no sense to me. if someone could take a quick peek at it that would be great
 
Old 12-28-2004, 03:24 PM   #4
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For mandrake, you can use urpmi, a supposely easier
command than rpm. I.e., it's the same as rpm with
certain options on already. And here's some urpmi links.

urpmi
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin...UrpmiResources
http://www.urpmi.org/

Sheng-Chieh
 
Old 12-28-2004, 04:06 PM   #5
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Re: rpm files

Quote:
Originally posted by FooB
again, another nooby question from me.
how to i install .rpm files?

ive just installed linux on my main machine and i need to install the drivers for my ATi Radeon 9600.

the file is .rpm format and it has errors when i try to install it.

it also says this on thje download notes.

"The display driver requires POSIX shared memory to be enabled on the system."

how do i do this?

thanks in advance
Have you tried this link I found by googling? : http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/l...eon-linux.html

It seems to talk about just your system.
 
Old 12-29-2004, 04:44 PM   #6
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thats the very page ive been reading from, and quite frankly it makes absolutley no sense to me whatsoever.

being VERY new to linux i have no understanding of what anything is at the moment and that "help" page isnt very helpful at all.
 
  


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