using rpm to install
 

I just downloaded the licq version 1.2.6 rpm package, then i start running the rpm -ivh command, then the following comes out:

1:licq #########################100%

i though i had installed it, but when i type rpm -q, it says licq-1.2.6 is not installed.
i thought the #######################100% means it has installed the package already?
can someone help me out, I just started to use linux for a few days only

What command are you using to check if licq is installed? If you want to see all packages installed then type rpm -qa | more.
If you only want to see if licq is installed then rpm -q licq-1.2.6 without the .i386.rpm or whatever part at the end.
So if you installed licq by typing rpm -ivh licq-1.2.6.i386.rpm
then to check if its installed type rpm -q licq-1.2.6

It is says its installed then it really should be.

ok. what distro? what version?
redhat 8
redhat 9
redhat 7.2 or 7.3
where did you download from? *provide link so someone else can test it*

This might be a dumb question, but did you wait for it to come back to a command prompt and exit out normally? Or when it got to 100% did you exit the terminal in someother way?

Sometimes it takes a while for the command prompt to come back up after it reaches 100%.

You could try it again with the -Uvh option to reinstall it.

Re: using rpm to install
 

rpm -q licq should work fine
check if it is a src package

i am using mandrake 9.0, i downloaded it for rpmfind.com, licq-1.2.6-1mdk.src.rpm

src package gets installed in /usr/src/Mandrake
or /usr/src/Redhat
it is usually in tar.gz or tar.bz2 format
untar and decompress it
cd to the directory
do
./configure && ./make && ./make install

I was trying to config one of the file in the usr/src/RPM but it gives me an error msg saying that C++ compiler cannot create executables.

I made a mistake.
It should be
./configure && make && make install
(I am getting dumber every minute)