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What do you type at a command line to install an RPM?

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badkarma:
I think so yeah (you can use KPackage AFAIK)

but seeing .tar.gz files are mostly source distributions it's advisable to spend some time learning to configure/install them from a tarball for greater flexibility

Calum:
that's right but i'm a poor confused    :confused:    soul with no ability to get my head around this obviously simple concept...

[ March 11, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

[ March 11, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

badkarma:
hmmm ... I tried to install a random .tar.gz source package residing on my hd (namely SDL_Mixer) with KPackage and had no luck in achieving this. So I guess manual installation of .tar.gz packages is needed anyway (but for most of them a simple ./configure;make;make install will do the trick)

voidmain:
*.tar.gz files graphically?  Sure, just double click on it in the KDE file manager (Konqueror). But you certainly have a lot more control from the shell.

[ March 11, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

Calum:
well, it seems to me that that only opens them up as if they were a directory. maybe that's what's needed though, i think i'll stick with wrestling with this formidable command line!
(maybe it's my actual installation files at fault, as some install fine...)

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