[ale] package

Jeff Hubbs hbbs at bellsouth.net
Mon Jul 26 18:23:23 EDT 1999


Sean -

Did you mount the CD and then cd to /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMs (or equivalent) and then do it.

- Jeff




sean milligan wrote:

> im trying to install a package, when i type rpm -ivh foo-3.76-1.i386.rpm it
> says cannot open file foo-3.76-1.i386.rpm???
> im in root, after i logged in i put the linux cd in the cd-rom drive? please
> someone help?
>
> >From: Michael B Golden <naugrim at juno.com>
> >To: ale at ale.org
> >CC: cor.angela at mindspring.com
> >Subject: Re: [ale] Module Dependencies
> >Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:41:13 EDT
> >
> >On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:31:22 -0400 Cor van Dijk
> ><cor.angela at mindspring.com> writes:
> > >Downloading and installing may not be enough!  You also have to
> > >*configure* the kernel. The following procedure always worked for me
> > >in all kinds of Linuxes, including RedHat5.2, and should work here
> >unless RedHat6.0 >is differemt:
> >
> >I have RedHat5.2.
> ><snip>
> >None of that should be needed. I did not download the source. i
> >downloaded the binary rpm from RedHat6.0 from ftp.cdrom.com.
> >
> > >9. Adjust your lilo file if the name and/or location of the image are
> > >different from the previous.
> > >Done!
> > >Oh! and do not forget '/sbin/lilo'. All of the above can probably be
> > >found in "linux for idiots" and therefore I assume
> > >that your problem is different and you need a guru.
> >
> >The lilo stuff is unneeded too, I do not use lilo. I use a bootdisk
> >because of the 1024 cylinder limit.
> >
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