You might also wish to use an rpm port of apt, and the archive sites that serve it. LCR On Wed, 19 May 2004, Willem van der Walt<willem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > rpm commands: > I do not have enough time now, but here are a few commands. > rpm -ihv package.rpm > Will install the package contained in the file package.rpm > rpm -Uhv package.rpm will do the same but, will update the ;package if it > is there > already. > rpm -ihv package.rpm --aid > will install dependent packages that it can find in the same dir as the > file > you want to install. > For keeping your system up to date with patches etc, man up2date on redhat > up to > version 9 or the new rel versions or man yum if you actually run fedora. > rpm -qi lynx > should show you if lynx is installed and if its there, some extra info. > hth > Willem > > On Wed, 19 May 2004, Martin McCormick wrote: > > > I just got introduced to a redhat system that I am going to > > need at work to run some applications. I am familiar with Debian and > > its dselect utility for managing Debian packages, but I don't yet know > > rpm for doing similar things in redhat. It does look, from the > > manual, a lot like dselect, but I haven't hit the magic syntax yet for > > making it hit its default download sites to look for packages. What I > > am trying at first is to get ntpd working. If I use the command > > > > rpm -i ntpd > > > > it just tells me it can't find the file. Yup that's the whole idea. > > It needs to find the package and install it. > > > > The manual also says that you can state the file name as a URL > > or ftp link, but I bet there is a function like apt that has a list of > > preferred sources that are checked for the main treasure trove of > > redhat packages. I shouldn't have to know the url unless it is not > > part of the normal redhat network. > > > > Any suggestions are appreciated so I can more or less get > > going here and not waste so much time looking for the power button so > > to speak. > > > > Are there any of the text commands for rpm that are > > particularly good to know? I was really happy to learn a couple of > > years ago that you could use the / in dselect's user interface to > > locate packages whose names you might partly know. It has certainly > > made getting new packages a snap in Debian. > > > > Many thanks to all. > > > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > > OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list