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03-14-2002, 01:33 PM
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Houston
Distribution: Red Hat 7.0, 7.2,8,9, Mandrake 9.0, 9.2, Knoppix, DSL, Fedora Core 4,Solaris 8
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RPM Package Installation
I am using Redhat 7 and trying to install the Samba RPM package from the CD. Everytime I click the Samba package file I get a dialogue box which asks Open WIth. What do I type in to open the application with? Thanks. |
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03-14-2002, 02:02 PM
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Registered: Feb 2002
Distribution: slackware 8.1; redhat 7.2
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either, probably, gnoRPM or kpackagemanager.
or open term and do it the regular way
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03-14-2002, 02:14 PM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Distribution: Mandrake 8.1
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I prefer to use the command line when installing RPMs.
rpm -ivh packagename.rpm
Otherwise, I would recommend using kpackage if you must use a GUI.
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03-15-2002, 08:36 AM
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Houston
Distribution: Red Hat 7.0, 7.2,8,9, Mandrake 9.0, 9.2, Knoppix, DSL, Fedora Core 4,Solaris 8
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pardon my ignorance but where do i get kpackage from?
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03-15-2002, 09:29 AM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Distribution: Mandrake 8.1
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If you installed KDE, it's included with that. It's actually bundled with the kdeadmin rpm.
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03-15-2002, 10:38 AM
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Houston
Distribution: Red Hat 7.0, 7.2,8,9, Mandrake 9.0, 9.2, Knoppix, DSL, Fedora Core 4,Solaris 8
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thanks, i'll work on that this weekend
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