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I have finally taken the step from Windows to Linux, after getting tired of the poor security, stability and functionality of Windows. Though now I have to learn a new Operating System all over.
The installation went well, most of my hardware was detected and drivers installed. It seems that the screen drivers still needs to be installed.
Now I have downloaded something from the internet, and tried to install it. But when logging into a terminal, and type rpm -i <filename>, I get an error saying command not found.
When I type rp and press tab, all I get is rpcclient, rpcinfo and rpl8, but no rpm.
Distribution: Ubuntu, Debian, Various using VMWare
Posts: 2,088
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RPMs are for Redhat based distros (Redhat, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse...).
For ubuntu, you need to use apt-get. This program will download the requested package, and any dependencies and install it for you.
Try "apt-cache search <package name>" to find the name of the package, and to see if apt-get knows about it.
Then use "sudo apt-get install <package name>" to install the package. You need to use sudo, because you need root privlledges to install software. You will need to enter your users password.
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