Re: [SLE] Noob question

From: Ken Schneider (suse-list_at_bout-tyme.net)
Date: 03/18/05

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:29:07 -0500

    On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 18:05 +0100, IntegraGen wrote:
    > i don't really understand your problem,
    > rpms are like solaris pkg (just better)
    > you can use .rpm, or .deb files from debian with apt for
    > rpm based systems.
    >
    > perhaps you mean using package from the command line instead
    > of the yast gui ? if that's the problem you can use the "rpm"
    > and "rpnbuild" command from command line.
    > you are supposed to launch "SuSEconfig" after the "rpm" commands.
    >

    Use rpm --help for more info and command line switches. The most common
    uses are:
    rpm -ivh <name of rpm, wildcards ok> to install packages
    rpm -Uvh <name of package> to upgrade packages
    rpm -ev <name of package > to delete a package

    Of course using the command line version to install a package can lead
    to problems if the package has dependencies (which you will need to sort
    out on your own) which is why it is preferred to use YaST. 

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