Re: [LI] How to install new packages.

[Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar.daithankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Try 'man rpm'. If you have X running, try running 'gnorpm' (for RH6.1) or run
'kpackage' from KDE utilities menu.

Hope this helps.

 Bye
  Shridhar

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.
> Aruneesh
>
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