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Some software maintainers only provide an RPM package, which is a format used exclusively with Red Hat and CentOS based distributions. However, not all not all software is packaged in the deb format. Ubuntu is a Debian based Linux distribution, and as such it uses deb packages for installing software. Although we will attempt to keep this information accurate, we can not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided.In this tutorial, you will learn how to install RPM packages on Ubuntu using a package named alien. Who can be reached at This page was last updated on August 1, 1999. For more details in using the tool please read the Red Hat chapter on GnoRPM. Mount the CD-ROM,open a shell window and type gnorpm. You can use it in any desktop (KDE, GNOME, AnotherLevel,etc). In Red Hat 6.0 you may wish to use a graphical tool like the GnoRPM tool. Note: to uninstall a package use rpm -e packagename In both cases you can use the mouse to highlight the full package name you found in 3 above, left click in the place to enter the filename.rpm and click the middle button to paste the full package name, instead of typing it.

type rpm -Uvh filename.rpm to upgrade an installed package.

type rpm -ivh filename.rpm to install a new package, or.

I rather suggest you read the packages list and find its name there and do as in item 3 above.

if you don't then type ls and look for it.

ls wu-ftp*) to find the full package name

if you know the name of the package type ls packagename* (e.g.

change to the RPMS directory in the CD-ROM: cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS.

You will install packages that came with the distribution in the CD-ROMs, or that you downloaded from an FTP site (I suggest you create a downloads directory to place new files there).

It saves time and potential compiling errors. For example, you can either download the source code for Apache (a Web Server), uncompress, compile, and install it in your machine, or you can use the apache RPM file that comes with the distribution, or yet download the latest RPM version from the Red Hat ftp site, and just install the RPM file. A package, or RPM file, will install a given application and create the necessary directories to run it. Red Hat has simplified the installation of software in Linux by creating the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM).

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