hi, In place of filename.rpm one can give http://some.rpm.site/filename.rpm and rpm will go and grab the file using http. Regards, Willem On Thu, 20 May 2004, Lee Maschmeyer wrote: > I'm probably missing something here, but the only times I've used rpm is to > install a file I've already acquired. To get the file itself use up2date: > > up2date ntpd > > You might have to configure up2date first, but if it's not a virgin system > this may already have been done. > > Are you sure you don't already have ntpd? You could do: > > rpm -q ntpd > > which would tell you which version of ntpd the rpm database knows about. > > By the way, universally and without exception (almost), everybody calls rpm > the Redhat Package Manager. From the manual, I get the idea it's supposed to > be one of those "reflexive definitions" and is actually the RPM Package > Manager. Not that anybody gives a darn... > > Lee > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list