---------- Mensaje reenviado ---------- Subject: Re: [newbie] installing rpms Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:57:46 -0300 From: Carlos Gatabria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > my home drectory and then in a console do the following: > > > > rpm -ivh name-of-app.rpm > > > > The ivh means: Install Verbose Hash > > Brian - thanks very much for your excellent step by step guide - much > appreciated! I followed the instructions to the letter, but what I got at > the console was a list of the various commands that could be used by rpm. I > looked in every single directory, and couldn't find the gaim entry, and > found a gaim directory in the usr/local list that was completely empty! I > am cursing with frustration here - and definitely without a clue!!! Can you > or anyone enlighten me? > Thanks in advance > Heather Heather, have you tried Kpackage? maybe it's of some use here. it has a tree view of all packages installed, sorted by kinds of applications ( i.e. system, instant messaging, etc ) if Gaim is installed, you will see it there, ( you can also go to find --> search packages, search for gaim ) when you find it, click on it. On the other side of the window you'll see some info about the rpm ( version, etc ) and a "show files" button. click on that button and you get a list with full name with path to all files installed by gaim. the gui way to do stuff is usually a bit more intuitive, when the console way gets messy... hth damian -------------------------------------------------------
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