Forgive my ignorance, but I have not met an .rpm file before. How do I unpack it? Colin -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 07:11:40PM +0100, Colin Knowles wrote:> Forgive my ignorance, but I have not met an .rpm file before. > > How do I unpack it?RPM is one of several standard software package distribution formats popularized by Linux, the other primary one being a Debian package (.deb file), and "tarballs" -- tar (tape archive) files being the old standbye. Analogs might be CAB files under Windows, though this doesn''t do justice to the full capabilities of the RPM and Debian packaging systems. Interaction with RPM files is performed under Linux with the "rpm" or "alien" commands. Under Windows NT (your system, I gather, from your X-mailer headers), you should use an alternative packaging format, or install Linux on your system <g>. There may be tools capable of managing RPMs under WinNT, but it won''t be a native solution. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself at ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself What part of "Gestalt" don''t you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Rusty? http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/attachments/20000522/a739a036/attachment.bin
RPM is for Red-Hat Package Manager. It is for Red-Hat Linux. An rpm file installs itself with one command, putting everything in the correct place. It is, if anything, even easier to use than the comparable Windows install programs, and it is far better than anything I''ve seen in (Sun) unix systems. But you need Red-Hat Linux (although I''m sure that you could install it on other Linux systems). Jon Baron -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Dear Colin
Try man rpm if you have rpm installed. Also, there is extensive
information on the rpm home page, http://www.rpm.org which includes a link
to a downloadable free book called "Maximum rpm" ( 1997), which is now
rather out of date, but still useful. You can install rpms on your system
even if it is not rpm-based, I believe, but you do need the rpm program
(rpm stands for Redhat Package Manager). Type rpm at your prompt and see
what you get.
To install an rpm you go
$ rpm -Uvh something.rpm
which is good, since -U stands for upgrades and makes backups of changed
config files of the current package. vh just prints hash marks as the
package is installed, I think. (But check this command is correct before
using it. I just did so and it looks OK).
There are other programs which will provide an interface for doing this,
including Yast (on SuSE) and kpackage (if you have KDE installed), and
xrpm. I use Yast myself.
rpm is cool because among other things it makes installing, removing and
upgrading software clean and simple. It has other advantages too.
Faheem.
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Colin Knowles wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance, but I have not met an .rpm file before.
>
> How do I unpack it?
>
> Colin
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