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Do you mean installing a rpm or installing a non-rpm? If it's a non rpm, most likely they distribute it as a .bin or .sh file, so all you have to do is to type "sh file.name.bin".
If it's an rpm and you use Debian or Slackware as your profile says, it's better to convert the .rpm to a native file (.deb or .tgz) to your Operating System. rpm2tgz and Alien can get that job done. Slackware can handle .rpm's, but it's always better to use a native package
There's always a chance that things can go wrong(since you are not me, most likely it will work... it's just my life that sucks... ok, depression apart...), but then you simply remove the package. That's why I recommend you to convert to a slackware native package first, ratter then forcing install of .rpm's.
I've just used alien to convert .rpms package to both slackware and debian, but small packages as zsnes or fceu. It should not be a problem with big programs as OOo, but problems can always happen
Didn't work for me. After the install it missed files. So guess I'll just wait till debian picks it up. Might try slack later but not now cause there's too much left to tinker there and I won't risk that I'll be doing that while I have loads of homework to do.
I just used rpm2tgz on slackware 10 and it worked with only the minor issue that the path the openoffice-1.9 script needed a path changing. Program was installed in /opt/openoffice1.9.79 which was fine for me.
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