Subject: Re: RPM Ignorance & defining file location
From: perry phillips (pm_perry@pacbell.net)
Date: Tue Jul 03 2001 - 01:41:11 MDT
>
Hi Ted,
So, you've downloaded some .rpm file to your desktop (which user's
desktop?).
The basic command is (from the root prompt): "rpm -i vh yourmodule.rpm"
(install & show hash marks & v for nicer display)-- that assumes
yourmodule.rpm is in the current directory from which you are issuing
the command.
I think the mistake is that you haven't told your computer exactly where
yourmodule.rpm is.
If it was on a CD, the command might be: rpm -ivh
/mnt/cdrom/whatever/wherever/yourmodule.rpm
or
If at a ftp site: rpm -ivh
ftp://yourfavoriteftpsite.org/directory/blah/yourmodule.rpm
regards,
perry phillips
Still setting up... But learning.
>
> My current goal is to install xemacs. I downloaded the rpms from
> xemacs.org into desktop. went to command line rpm blahabla. Didn't
> work. GnomeRPM says these files are not rpms. They indeed do not have
> a package icon in the file browser, but do have a colorful document
> icon that says rpm with an arch above.
>
> I was careful to download ppc rpms. A typical filename is
> xemacs-21.1.3-xe1.ppc.rpm.
>
> What's the dummy mistake this time?
>
> Best, Ted
>
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