First and foremost, try not to use tar files; use RPMs as much as you can. As for using RPMs: >From console, as root, type: Install an RPM file: $ yum install <file_name.rpm> Delete an RPM file: $ yum remove <package_name> For more information, open a console, and type: $ man yum (In general, for help on any program, type: man <command_name>) Further more, I'd suggest you read this: http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc3/ Gilboa P.S. Please don't post in HTML. On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 18:54 +0530, sujit sugathan wrote: > hi i'm new to linux & i dont know how to install tar & rpm files from > cds. i have FC3 installed on my system . please help me . any help > rendered will be appreciated.