[Wolves] RPM

[Mo Awkati]

 --- Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver at mavit.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, David Goodwin wrote:
> 
> > rpm -iUvh packageName.rpm
> > 
> > will install it (upgrades if already there). v =
> verbose.
> 
> You don't need the i and the U, there.  -i will
> install a package.  -U 
> will remove an older version of the package, should
> one be installed, and 
> then proceed with the install as with -i.
> 
> In other words, you only ever need to use -i if you
> want to install two
> versions of a package at once.  This isn't something
> you do very often, so
> you're probably best to get into the habit of using
> -U.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Oliver
> 
> _______


How do I point RPM to the source of the package?? 

Mo

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