Re: [newbie] RPM problem & thanx

2000-08-29 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Adrian Smith wrote: [snip] > anyhowz, when i type "RPM -i filename.rpm" i get back: > "no such file or directory" [snip] Adrianthe executable is 'rpm' not 'RPM', the case is significant. Alan

Re: [newbie] RPM problem & thanx

2000-08-29 Thread philomena
this isn't answering your command line question, but what you described about how you thought kpackage should work via the GUI is exactly how it works for me - I download the RPM file, click on it once, kpackage pops up and I click on the Install button - if it yells at me about dependancies,

Re: [newbie] RPM problem & thanx

2000-08-29 Thread Patti Wavinak
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[newbie] RPM problem & thanx

2000-08-29 Thread Adrian Smith
first off, thanks to Phil, Greg & Joseph for answers to my last question. my brain hadn't quite realized that suffixes do not decide if a file is executable or not. maybe i can make some progress now=) or maybe not -- for my next question: i'm trying to install a RPM file from the comm