I'm getting so tired of this...I cant install anything please help

DrewWalden · 05-05-2006, 03:12 PM

PLease help me with installing .rpm's I can't figure it out if tried like everything and YaST want work and using the command line and stuff wan't work...Please help all I want to do is install mplayer please help thanks

bosewicht · 05-05-2006, 03:14 PM

ok, so why isn't anything working? are you getting errors? su rpm -ivh /home/you/whereItsAt/mplayer<insert version here>

DrewWalden · 05-05-2006, 03:20 PM

I'm not getting any errors "su rpm -ivh /home/you/whereItsAt/mplayer<insert version here>" I dont know what this means...thanks

meng · 05-05-2006, 03:29 PM

I would strongly advise being more specific in what you've done. Perhaps the first two questions you can answer are, have you downloaded the .rpm and where is it located?

mac1234mac · 05-05-2006, 03:32 PM

Just type as root: rpm -ivh [path to your rpm file\your rpm file]

bosewicht · 05-05-2006, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrewWalden

I'm not getting any errors "su rpm -ivh /home/you/whereItsAt/mplayer<insert version here>" I dont know what this means...thanks

you need to learn how to install applications. there is a tutorial link at the top of the page
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/

If you don't even try to read how to install rpm's, why even bother? search this site and google as well. What do i do with rpm's has been asked way too many times for too many years.

sleekmason · 05-05-2006, 10:37 PM

Whats your Distro?

Maritime · 05-05-2006, 10:47 PM

Just type the following at the command line:

Code:

$ sudo rpm -ivh <path_to_rpm_file>

Replace <path_to_rpm_file> with the location of your rpm file. If that doesn't work, then try typing

Code:

$ su
# rpm -ivh <path_to_rpm_file>
# su <your_normal_username>

Of course, replace <your_normal_username> with your nonprivileged user account.

Also note that if you use a non-rpm distribution, you won't be able to install rpm files. You'd have to use your appropriate package manager.

sleekmason · 05-05-2006, 10:56 PM

Look. If your using kde in Suse, go to yast and look for a program called kpackage. install kpackage. open up your desktop (or wherever the file is, and right click on it and install with kpackage. This is only if it's an rpm package. Do you have a disk that came with your Distro? Oppen office is pretty standard on most distros now and would/should be on that disk for your use.