Re: [newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 23:18, Sendak, John wrote: > Mandrake 9.0 > > Hi > > As I understand it, rpm's can only be installed when logged in as root. > > I have installed packages as root, using the GUI RPM facility i.e. left > click the rpm. > They appear to have installed correctly and I can see

Re: [newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 12:18 pm, Sendak, John wrote: > Mandrake 9.0 > > Hi > > As I understand it, rpm's can only be installed when logged in as root. > > I have installed packages as root, using the GUI RPM facility i.e. left > click the rpm. > They appear to have installed correctly and I can s

Re: [newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread robin
Sendak, John wrote: Mandrake 9.0 Hi As I understand it, rpm's can only be installed when logged in as root. I have installed packages as root, using the GUI RPM facility i.e. left click the rpm. They appear to have installed correctly and I can see them in the list of installed software i.e. i

Re: [newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread et
my guess is theese were not *MDK*.rpm, and you may have to either add them to the menu (menudrake) or you can try starting them from the command line (but it would be a "good thing" to know where the *.bin file is (as root; "locate Macaulay2") or once you know where they are and that they run, y

[newbie] RPM : Accessing Installed Packages

2003-01-22 Thread Sendak, John
Mandrake 9.0 Hi As I understand it, rpm's can only be installed when logged in as root. I have installed packages as root, using the GUI RPM facility i.e. left click the rpm. They appear to have installed correctly and I can see them in the list of installed software i.e. in the alphabetical lis