problem installing rpm
 

I am having a problem installing an rpm. I am running RedHat 9. When I try to run this command as root:

rpm -Uvv <myRpmFile.rpm>

I get this error:

arguments to --root (-r) must begin with a /

I have tried to run it from different directories and with different user ids and get the same error. Anybody know what this means?

Thank you in advance.

you need to open a console and type in:

su (then enter)
root's password (then enter)
rpm -ivh <packagename>.rpm (then enter)

in order to install rpm packages u type like XavierP said. To upgrade existing ones u use
rpm -Uvh <packagename>.rpm

Thank you