Re: [LI] How to install new packages.

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 04:40:34PM +0530, Aruneesh Salhotra wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to know what are the steps invloved in installing a new package.
> All i know is that there is a collection of .RPM files.
> But how to make use of those files. I see there are two executable files
> by the name of "rpm" and "rpm-boot".
> What i feel is that the file "rpm" is to be used for the installation.
> Suppose i were to install Netscape on my system, where would i find the
> relevant RPM and how would i go about installing it on my system.

man rpm
http://www.rpm.org/

To answer your question:

# rpm -ivh foo-1.2.3.i386.rpm

	-Arun

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