Can't install .rpm--try and asks for program to use...
I am trying to install .rpm files in RH 7.1. When I click on the executable it asks what program I want to use. I have no clue?! I have tried to install a rpogram to open .rpm's but that gets caught in the spiral I am already in. How do I get it so the my computer can install .rpm's???????? What do I need to install to get my computer capable of installing .rpm's? Please help this newbie from going nuts!:Pengy:
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Easiest way to install rpms is to open up your console, and use rpm. ex.
rpm -ivh kdebase.rpm do a: man rpm that will give you a good explanation on how to use rpm. Some good combinations to use: Install: rpm -ivh package.rpm Update a prior installation(ex. downloaded the newest version of a program, that is already installed on your comp): rpm -Uvh package.rpm remove a pckage: rpm -e package.rpm |
May be they included some graphical Package installer. In mandrake, i had a choice of which program to use if the file is right-clicked. I know of kpackage. But Redhat might have others
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I think there is something for graphical package installation for RH. package Manager or something with a similar name...
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There is gnorpm in RH for GUI, but I preffer comand line alternative anyway.
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