shane wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Wednesday 04 December 2002 04:03 am, FARSHAD did speak unto the huddled >masses, saying: > >>hello >>i have a problem with RPM files , when i run a RPM run by guest account >>or root account i got a error message .. will be appear a box with title >>"can't display location" and write below message into message box .. >> > >try right clicking, and selecting software manager. > >the trouble is RPM's are not a file you "run" but a package you install. >think of them as zip files on steriods..... > Shane - Heh, nice description! RPMs (or Debian packages, if you're so inclines) are one of the great advantages of Linux, especially now the urpmi command (and it's graphic partner, Mandrake's Software Manager) gets you out of most of those annoying dependency problems.
Farshad - Note that most RPMs can't be run "as is" without being root. There are ways you can make them install to a home directory (sometimes) - read man urpmi and man rpm if you want to do this. Sir Robin Sir Robin
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