how to run rpm files
 

Hi,
I want to know the alternate way to run "rpm" files which i downloaded through net but not through "yum"???

Hello,

If you mean by 'run' to install rpm files, then have a look at the man page for the rpm command:
Simple install would be:
Kind regards,

Eric

OK-- I did accordingly and i got following things

[root@localhost NS]# rpm -i gtkglext-1.2.0-4.fc6.src.rpm
warning: gtkglext-1.2.0-4.fc6.src.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
[root@localhost NS]#

# 1
Don't expect all random rpm packages to be usable.

Anyway you can try if they are installable with :
1) su
2) The default "yum install command" # rpm -Uvh <package>.rpm

Or 2a) # yum localinstall --nogpgcheck <package>.rpm
.. Which will also take care of dependencies : 'rpm -Uvh' will not do that.

( The 'rpm -i(vh)' command is for special occasions :
a) When no other package with the same package name is installed.
b) If you want two versions of the same package (usually a library)
installed at the same time.)

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Hi,

The package you want to install is source code, not a simple installable RPM file. Have a look at this site to shed some light:
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-mi...nia-srpms.html

Kind regards,

Eric

Post # 3 : gtkglext-1.2.0-4.fc6.src.rpm : That is not an rpm package.

Packages with suffix ".src.rpm" are source code.

gtkglext for Fedora 14 : gtkglext-libs-1.2.0-10.fc12.i686.rpm
# yum search gtkglext
# yum install gtkglext-libs
If you want packages for download ( no internet, no yum ) then use
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/
Like http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...x/releases/14/
And http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...ux/updates/14/

Old versions http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu.../fedora/linux/

A warning is a message : Here it shows the "Builder information"
which is an otherwise non readable information inside the cpio archive.

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