This is handy to bookmark http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap3sec20.html On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 20:20, Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Monday, July 26, 2004 12:59 PM +1000 Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Pop up a terminal, su to root and then cd to the directory with the rpm > > in it. Then: > > > > rpm -ivh foo.rpm > > No!!!! > > The -i (install) switch is only appropriate for kernels. For all other > packages, use -U (update). It will also install if the package isn't > present, but it will remove any old versions if they are. (This isn't > appropriate for kernels, as you don't want to uninstall the old one until > you've tested the new one. Then you use -e (erase) to remove the old one.) > >
