.rpm installation
 

ok this might seem really simple but how do i install a source rpm file and more importantly what does it mean>? any help is apreciated! thanks

source rpm files contain the source for the software package. The only advantage that I know of doing it this way is then you can then uninstall the source files easily using rpm -e

to install type

rpm -Uvh thePackageName.rpm

to find out where the files were installed type

rpm -ql thePackageName

note that there is no rpm extension