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Jeb, run 'man rpm' to display a man (or manual) page for rpm that will give you a full listing of all commandline options for rpm. Here are the basics of the few examples you asked about: rpm -ql <pkgname> add the 'l' after 'q' to list all the files provided/installed by the package and their locations. rpm -qs <pkgname> add the 's' after the 'q' to provide the state of the package and the files it provides rpm -i <filename> installs the specified package - add 'v' to verify and 'h' to display hash marks indicating installation progress (you'll see a second row of hashmarks under the preparing row during installation). Use the full filename here (e.g. gaim-0.74-1rh9.i386.rpm) vs. the package name (gaim). rpm -e <pkgname> erases or "uninstalls" the package specified as so on...see the man page for a very detailed description of all parameters. I hope this helps. On 2003年11月29日 12:13:55 -0800 (PST) Jeb Bushell <jebbushell@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am trying to use RPM to "install" the contents of a .rpm file on > Redhat 9. I understand the ins and outs of Windows installation > fairly well but I have no idea how it works on Linux and I have been > unable to Google up a satisfactory explanation. > > If anyone could direct me to a high-level overview of software > installation on Linux I'd be most grateful. I need to know, for > example, where dlls are kept and how the OS references them. > > Also, having installed a package somewhere (I think I know where) I > get the following from RPM: > > rpm -e <pkg> > error: package <pkg> is not installed > > rpm -ivh <pkg> > Preparing ############################# [100%] > Package <pkg> is already installed > > rpm -q <pkg> > package is not installed > > Can anyone shed some light, please? > > TIA > > Jeb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > ______ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug