> > 1. What is the appropriate way to install a .src.rpm and a tar.gz? > 'man rpmbuild' is full of info. Short way of doing it: rpmbuild <rpm-src>.src.rpm but you might want to add some flags to it depending on the situation. for tar.gz you do tar xzvf <tar-package>.tar.gz and then enter the directory created and read the README for more! Usually it is something like: ./configure make make install
