Hi all,

When I want to install a RPM file my Konsole says

bash: rpm: command not found

I issued the following command as the tutorial on this site suggested

rpm LimeWireLinux.rpm


any tips&tricks ? As you will probably see I'm a complete newbie at this


Best regards,
Marvelade

It sounds like you are using a distribution that is not based on rpm packages, like Ubuntu, Xandros, Freespire, or Debian. Or maybe Slax or Slackware. If that's the case, look into how to install packages for your distribution. Apt for the first group. I don't remember what the utility for Slackware is, but it uses tarballs as a base for it's packages.

What Linux distribution are you using ? Some distributions of Linux do not use RPM files, they use something else usually specific to that distribution. Where did you find the limewire.rpm file ?

If you use PCLinuxOS this command should work:

rpm -i software.v2.3.4.rpm

I recommend Frostwire if you're using something Debian-based just because they have Ubuntu/Debian packages for the latest version:
http://www.frostwire.com/

Limewire also has debian and RPM packages.

Hard to help the original poster w/o knowing his distro, but it does sound like he is using a debian distribution.(Ubuntu/Mepis and a few others)... What program are you trying to install, I'm sure someone can point you to either the .deb file or the source so you can compile it.

IGF

I am using Kubuntu 6.06

Kubuntu is a Debian derivative, which uses .deb installation packages. The tools to use for installing are:
apt-get
aptitude
adept

You probably have documentation on your hard drive that explains how to use them. Look in /usr/share/docs.

I stand corrected, I thought Limewire had a .deb package

Here's how to install Alien, which will translate the Limewire RPM package, to a deb file, allowing it to be installed.

Open a Terminal...

Once that is done, Download the Limewire RPM to your desktop
http://www.limewire.com/english/cont...oadfree2.shtml

Go back to Terminal.... and cd to your desktop. If you're not sure what your home desktop directory is, right click the RPM file, and choose properties, where it says "location" is what you need to put in the cd...

then
This should create a LimeWireLinux.deb file on your desktop. Double click it to install Limewire. Thus far, its worked just as it does in Windows for me... I forgot I used alien to create the .deb file, thus the reason for the wrong info that there was a .deb file on Limewire's site.

IGF

hey there, thanks for the helpful reply
I did the following:

jos@pong:~$ cd /home/jos/Desktop
jos@pong:~/Desktop$ ls
amsn-0.96-2.tcl84.x86.package LimeWireLinux.rpm
jos@pong:~/Desktop$ sudo alien LimeWireLinux.rpm
cpio: premature end of file
limewire-free_4.12.6-1_i386.deb generated

this allows me to click on the file but it seems to be an archive which holds 3 files

data.tar.gz
control.tar.gz
debian-binary

where do i go next? I can view the files inside the tar.gz but what am i supposed to do here?

thanks for the help so far because this is REALLY confusing to a newbie (i daren't say aloud that i am network administrator in our company's 100% windows network :$ )


best regards,
Marvelade

As root, from a terminal prompt ... # dpkg -i limewire-free_4.12.6-1_i386.deb

jos@pong:~/Desktop$ dpkg -i limewire-free_4.12.6-1_i386.deb
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
jos@pong:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i limewire-free_4.12.6-1_i386.deb
Password:
Selecting previously deselected package limewire-free.
(Reading database ... 70100 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking limewire-free (from limewire-free_4.12.6-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up limewire-free (4.12.6-1) ...


errr..... now what do i do?

Edit: sorry, never mind.

Does that mean I'm not the only person that runs out of patience at a certain point?

Probably! I just didn't read the post properly .