[Westwales] RPM problem

[Robert Savage]

Matthew Bennett wrote:
>   
>> How or where do I tell it to stop looking for a network and redirect it
>> to the CD or DVD in the drive?
>>     
>
> There should be an option on the system (probably called Package
> Management or Repository settings) - not sure what it's called though.
> It's a long time since I used an RPM-based system!
>
> The other way that's almost guaranteed to work is using the command line
> (chances are you know how to do most of the following - I've tried to make
> it step-by-step in case anybody doesn't!)
>
> 1) Open a terminal window - preferably a root shell if you can. If you
> can't find a root shell, open a normal shell, type "su" and it will ask
> for the root password. If that doesn't work, you may have to type "sudo
> bash" and then enter your current user's password. If that STILL doesn't
> work, you'll have to log in as root - preferably on a text-only terminal
> (press ctrl-alt-f1 to get to a text based terminal, ctrl-alt-f7 to get
> back.)
>
> 2) Go to the directory that has the package you want - "cd
> /path/to/directory" (Note: if you right-click on the directory that has
> the package you want, and there is an option like "Open
> console/terminal/shell here", then you can skip this step)
>
> 3) Type in "rpm -i packagename.rpm"
>
> 4) Once it has finished installing, type "exit"
>
> That should do the trick. Chances are, unless you're really lucky, it will
> tell you that packagename depends on other packages that aren't installed.
> You will probably have to hunt them down and install them first. I believe
> you can also use wildcards if you wish - so if you went up a directory,
> and typed "rpm -i */*.rpm" it would attempt to install all packages from
> all subdirectories. Not recommended, mind, as you'll end up with lots of
> rubbish you don't need...
>
> Matt
>
> P.S. Does anyone happen to use Vector Linux?
>   
Thanks Matt,
I can't find anything in system that relates to Package Management or 
Repository, in fact  this version doesn't have much in the way of 
administration facilities it seems to be an install and use as is 
version :-)

Will experiment with the command line method and see what happens.

Bob
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