From mhtexcollins@ccms.net Mon Mar 23 13:49:44 1998
From: mhtexcollins@ccms.net
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Package managment
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:49:44 +0100
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In-Reply-To: <[S.u.S.E. Linux] Package managment>
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I installet xrpm and used it to get netscape off of a cheapbytes disk, so it
seems compatable to me. Easy even. But I had to hunt it to install it.
Mark Wagnon wrote:
> TEX wrote:
> >
> > Is there a control panel or other way to do rpms in SuSE.. The guiier
> > the better.
> > I need to get netscape communicator off of my cheapbyted cd into suse.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > LINUX IS THE PATH.
> >
>
> I guess there's a X-based front end to rpm, but I haven't used it. If
> you want to just install an rpm, open up an xterm and cd to whereever
> the rpm is and type rpm -ivh filename.rpm, where the -ivh means install,
> verbose, display # signs as a progress indicator. Pretty straightfoward.
> However, I have a question that I posted earlier which was never
> answered: are redhat rpms and suse rpms compatible?
>
> Luck and thanks
>
> Mark
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LINUX IS THE PATH.
TEX http://www.ccms.net/~mh=
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