On 8/22/05, sujit sugathan <sujitsugathan2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i'm new to linux .can u please tell me the steps i should go through > to install any new software.i've many softwares on cds,but i dont know > how to install these.can u please illustrate in simple language. > please help me out. > > thank you. > sujit > hey, If these softwares are rpm packages like aide-0.10-2.1.fc3.rf.i386.rpm It is a rpm package and It can be installed with the following commands. rpm -ivh software (installing) rpm -Uvh software ( Updating) here software means the software on the cds . for more information on rpm type this command on the terminal man rpm or put this url on the browser file:///usr/share/doc/rpm-4.3.2 Regards Ankush Grover
