On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Peter Kazdera wrote: > can somebody please either explain to me how to use rpms or point me > to a howto page on the subject > man rpm should help you but from what I remember off the top of my head. rpm -i foobar.rpm will install the package foobar. rpm -i -d foobar.rpm or rpm -id foobar.rpm (check the manpage) will install the package foobar without checking for dependancies. rpm -u foobar will uninstall the package foobar. (The man page will tell yuou if you have to be in a certain directory, I vaguely recall some restrictions but again the manpage should make it clearer HTH -- Paul Burrows - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be Happy" - Benjamin Franklin
