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Old 07-28-2006, 02:33 PM   #1
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How to install software?


I've download firefox as an rpm file but when I type "rpm -ivh firefox-1.5-alt1.i586.rpm" I get "rpm: command not found".
 
Old 07-28-2006, 02:46 PM   #2
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Did you type it as "root"?

Are you using an "rpm" compatible distro?
 
  


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