installing rpms doesn't do anything
 

I'm using Red Hat 9 and i've d/l some rpms. The latest one was tvtime. I dbl clicked it and a screen flashes up for a sec, then nothing. Am I doing something wrong in terms of installing things on Linux? Was there something I should do first? RPM's are the equivalent of .exe 's right?

Open up the command console (terminal, konsole, etc.)

- cd to the directory where you downloaded the rpm

- type rpm -ivh NAME_OF_THE_RPM

Example
rpm -ivh driver.rpm

well lets take a different approach to see whats happening ....
open up a terminal and su - to root ...
navigate to the folder where the rpm is located and type :
rpm -ivh nameofpackage.rpm
and post back the output (that is if it errors) ...

kind of. RPMs create a logical database of installed packages on your system.

The best way to install them is by using a terminal because I have also had problems using the GUI.

you can install packages my going to the directory where you downloaded the rpm and typing

rpm -Uvh thePackageName.rpm


rpm -e thePackageName --->remove the package (NOTE no .rpm)


rpm -qa ---> query all installed rpm packages


to see all the options type

man rpm

or

info rpm

well you should state that you have to type rpm before the -ivh :p
otherwise he would have been sitting there all day getting
-ivh: command not found
:p

anyways i made note of it above ...

LOL, I edited it right before you posted that :cool: . See what happens when you try to watch ER at the same time you read LQ :D ?

*edited this post 3 times for typos*

thanks for the help guys

BTW, if you want to filter the output from rpm -qa , type:
rpm -qa | grep «name of package» .

I had the same problem. First you have to make the file and exicutable then you have to install it rom the command line.

Take alook at the bottom of this thread:-http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147041&highlight=installations
ITs about installing and configuring apt4rpm