On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Mike Tavares wrote:
> O.k.
>
> I have the Official CD version of REDHAT 5.1
>
> On CD #2 there are a bunch of RPM. files one of them is an IRC client.
>
> I issue the following command
>
> rpm -ivh ircii4-4.4.src.rpm
>
> it gives a bunch of ###### like it is doing something.
>
> Now the question I have, where the heck does it get installed?
>
The source for ircii. Files ending .src.rpm contain source, not
binararies. If you want to build the binary, you have to
rpm --rebuild <file>.src.rpm
then
rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/<file>.i386.rpm
Alternatively find the binary (.i386.rpm) and install that.
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Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Honesty's the best policy.
-- Miguel de Cervantes
