I have two answers for you. 1.) First I give you your fish: rpm -iv [package-name].rpm 2.) I teach you to fish: rpm --help 2>&1 |more man rpm Or, go to the net and find a copy of Miximum RPM (freely available on line) and bookmark it. doc writes: > Looking for tips on how to install rpm programs. > Doc Wright > http://wrightplaceinc.net > If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? > then where does the learning start? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen at shellworld.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 6:23 PM > Subject: Linux and data storage? > > > Hi all, > This is an odd one, so I hope I ask it in such a way to make sense. > I do not have a Linux machine. I have been trying to get this, and > thought I had one in the he works but it seems that party either made up the > machines they were offering, or for some other reason is not coming > through. > In any case, I do use a Linux shell service extensively. I fear almost > too extensively, as you will understand in a moment. > The OS on the system i use mostly is dos, and I use nettamer to telnet to > my Linux shell. > In the workspace of my shell service i have a great deal of irreplaceable > files and programs. I eave them up here, for ease, but I just was > reminded that this may be a venerable state of affairs. > Fortunately when the server went down nothing was lost or so it seems, but > I have a serious factor to consider. > My question has two parts. > first, is there a way to move large amounts of data stored in the > workspace of a Linux shell service to another location in tact, with > relative ease, and without taking all of the data on the entire system? > second, if my machine was also a Linux one, would this kind of storage be > easy to do? > As I said before I do not have such a machine, but this has shaken me up > enough that if a full Linux or Linux/dos or Linux/windows machine would > give me some firm safe backup, I will have to start advertising for > someone to build this for me and encurl the expense. > I have too busy a professional life to do this myself, and would rather > pay someone with the skills than lose valuable time trying to re-invent the > wheel. > Thanks, > Karen > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
