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** make install
# Close the terminal
** exit
-!!Redhat and Mandrake
-Redhat and Mandrake
use the Redhat Package Manager (RPM) to install and maintain software. Programs are released as binary files in an rpm package.
+!!Redhat and Mandriva
+Redhat and Mandriva
use the Redhat Package Manager (RPM) to install and maintain software. Programs are released as binary files in an rpm package.
To install:
# Change to the SuperUser
** su
@@ -28,13 +28,19 @@
** rpm -Uvh file-1.1-1.i386.rpm]
** __U:__ Upgrade. This will install the program if it isn't installed, and upgrade it if a lower version exists on the system
** __v:__ verbose. Spit out warnings and errors instead of being quiet (not needed)
** __h:__ hash. Display a series of #'s showing progress (not needed)
+* Other options
+** __i:__ Install. This will only work if you don't have a newer version of the program installed. You should __always__ install new kernel [RPM]s this way to stop your old one being overwritten.
-!!Debian
+[Mandriva] also has the [urpmi] tool to manage packages and dependancies.
+
+
!!Ubuntu and
Debian
apt-get install ''packagename''
+
+Look perhaps at the graphical tool 'synaptic' first.
!!SlackwareLinux
installpkg ''packagename.tgz''
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