Installing RPM

[Greg]

Hi, i've just crossed over from windows into fedora a couple of months
ago and I would like to know just how to install software that I download.

I download the rpm and then when I open it, it gives me a bunch of
computer jargon. The one thing I was able to gather is on of the install
texts said something about going into the cmd and making directories.
I'm not very comfortable with the cmd yet, is there any way to install
programs using a gui?

I'd really appreciate any help I can get.

Greg

[David A' Rebel]

Greg wrote:

Fedora has a really useful utility called a manual.
To read the manual for rpm open a terminal program and type man rpm. It will
explain all you need to know. You also have several gui package managers
however you haven't told us which desktop you are using so pointing you to
the appropriate one is a little difficult.

[Michael Thomas]

I suggest you get familiar with the yum update utility. It makes life
much easier when installing packages.

You haven't given much detail as to what you're trying to install, but
in the case of say, ethereal...

yum install ethereal

will fetch the package and install it for you.

To bring your system up to date, such as windows update, you would
type...

yum update

That would go and fetch all currently installed packages newest
versions for your system and update them.

MT