On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 02:32:32PM -0500, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 13:26, Marius Andreiana wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 20:45, MET wrote: > > > I have just downloaded two RPM files that I need to get XFree86 running > > > on my system (NVIDIA drivers), but where do I put them so that my 'rpm' > > > commands will work on them? > > Also download the README.txt (same page as drivers), it says there > > how to install them. > > > > you can install a rpm from the current directory using > > rpm -Uvh file.rpm > > if it's a binary. If it's a source rpm ( has 'src' in it's name ) you > > can build a binary rpm with > > rpmbuild --rebuild filesrc.rpm > >
-Uvh will default back to -i behavior if it's not already installed, so it will work fine...and if you don't realize you already have it installed it will even upgrade it for you. - Sam Ockman, Chairman and CEO Tel: 415-358-2600 Fax: 415-896-6742 Toll Free: 888-PENGUIN Penguin Computing - The World's Most Reliable Linux Systems www.penguincomputing.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
