From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Randall Parker wrote:
> I tried just trying to run rpm with a .rpm file argument figuring it
> would know what to do. Nope. It showed me a HUGE number of options. Any
> idea which one to use?
>

Do you mean you simply want to install it?

if so rpm -i

after that it's a question of whether you want to force it or ignore any
deps etc.etc.


Adam
> [root{at}localhost download]# rpm opera-9.10-20061214.6-shared-qt.i386-en.rpm
> RPM version 4.4.2
> Copyright (C) 1998-2002 - Red Hat, Inc.
> This program may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
>
> Usage: rpm [-aKfgpWHqV] [-aKfgpWHqVcdils] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV]
> [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV]
> [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVK] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVK]
> [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKi] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKiv]
> [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKiv] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKiv?] [-a|--all]
> [-f|--file] [-g|--group]
>         [-p|--package] [-W|--ftswalk] [--pkgid] [--hdrid] [--fileid]
>         [--specfile] [--triggeredby] [--whatrequires] [--whatprovides]
>         [--nomanifest] [-c|--configfiles] [-d|--docfiles] [--dump]
> [-l|--list]
>         [--queryformat=QUERYFORMAT] [-s|--state] [--nomd5] [--nofiles]
>         [--nodeps] [--noscript] [--comfollow] [--logical] [--nochdir]
>         [--nostat] [--physical] [--seedot] [--xdev] [--whiteout]
>         [--addsign] [-K|--checksig] [--delsign] [--import] [--resign]
>         [--nodigest] [--nosignature] [--initdb] [--rebuilddb] [--aid]
>         [--allfiles] [--allmatches] [--badreloc] [-e|--erase +]
>         [--excludedocs] [--excludepath=] [--fileconflicts] [--force]
>         [-F|--freshen +] [-h|--hash] [--ignorearch]
> [--ignoreos]
>         [--ignoresize] [-i|--install] [--justdb] [--nodeps] [--nomd5]
>         [--nocontexts] [--noorder] [--nosuggest] [--noscripts]
>         [--notriggers] [--oldpackage] [--percent] [--prefix=]
>         [--relocate==] [--repackage] [--replacefiles]
>         [--replacepkgs] [--test] [-U|--upgrade +]
>         [-D|--define 'MACRO EXPR'] [-E|--eval 'EXPR']
[--macros=]
>         [--nodigest] [--nosignature] [--rcfile=]
[-r|--root ROOT]
>         [--querytags] [--showrc] [--quiet] [-v|--verbose] [--version]
>         [-?|--help] [--usage] [--scripts] [--setperms] [--setugids]
>         [--conflicts] [--obsoletes] [--provides] [--requires] [--info]
>         [--changelog] [--xml] [--triggers] [--last] [--filesbypkg]
>         [--fileclass] [--filecolor] [--filecontext] [--fscontext]
>         [--recontext] [--fileprovide] [--filerequire] [--redhatprovides]
>         [--redhatrequires] [--buildpolicy=]
[--with=]
>         [--without=]
> [root{at}localhost download]#

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