How to install rpm file under Linux?

2 Comments

1. John J says:

   25. July 2009 at 00:26

   as superuser, (if your system supports RPMs) run rpm -ivh {filename}

   -i -> install
   -v -> verbose
   -h -> mark progress with #
2. Webspot.co.uk says:

   25. July 2009 at 00:26

   depends what distrobution you have. if you are able to install a rpm, you will be able to just double click on the file.

   but some distros use debian based installation, which is different