On Monday 21 Mar 2005 15:48, Leaf wrote: > On Monday 21 March 2005 07:44, Robert Yu wrote: > > If I double-click on an RPM that's not listed in RPMDrake, will it be > > able to install? > > I am left to assume you have this RPM somewhere on your computer and you > move your mouse over it and double left click and wonder if this action > will allow it to auto-install? If this is what you are asking then no. It > will open a window and you will view the contents of that RPM. > > You can right click on it and select the option that is Mandrake's package > handler (I forget it's name, I am currently using another distro). If you > run that packaged handler it will try and install it. If that RPM has > dependencies you haven't handled it will fail but it will tell you what > dependencies are required. > > >From the command line you can also install the package via the rpm > > command. > > rpm -i <packagename> will work, if you aren't in the package's directory > you will need the complete path in that name /etc/blah/blahblah.rpm for > example.
I have used rpm packages created with checkinstall, and a single click on them asks if I want to use Software Installer. That, of course, does handle dependencies. I think it's definitely worth a try. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels
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