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Hi I have downloaded a file from net as I needed a particular RPM for some purpose,so the package that I received was LATEST-IS-2.14.17.
When I run a file command on this file it gives the following output
LATEST-IS-2.14.17: gzip compressed data, from Unix.I want to extract the files from this one and install the RPM on the machine.I dont understand how to proceed from here.
Can someone help me out or suggest what needs to be done?
Run the file cmd again if you only get one file output, so we know what we're dealing with.
When I suffixed the file with .gz and than ran the gunzip LATEST-IS-2.14.17.gz command and later I ran the file coonad on this than I get the following output LATEST-IS-2.14.17: tar archive,but I dont understand where is the rpm file in this.Please let know if I have misunderstood something.
The actual name of the file should be ORBit2-2.14.17.tar.gz. The file you have downloaded has been put there just as a reference to the latest version. Either download ORBit2-2.14.17.tar.gz or do simply:
The actual name of the file should be ORBit2-2.14.17.tar.gz. The file you have downloaded has been put there just as a reference to the latest version. Either download ORBit2-2.14.17.tar.gz or do simply:
Code:
tar zxvf LATEST-IS-2.14.17
Ok Now when I ran the command as per your suggestion the files are unzipped but to actually install the rpm I cannot find the .rpm file in the unzipped files.I want to run a particular command once I install the .rpm file but as the rpm file is not istalled it says that the command is not found.
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