On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 21:57 -0500, Chris Gordon wrote: > On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 08:48:28PM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > How do I install a local rpm package? It is in my HD, and the documentation > > about handling packages does not tell me how to do it. Thanks. > > rpm -ivh packagename.rpm > A slightly better choice would be rpm -Uvh packagename.rpm. The U does an update if the package already is installed, and does an install if it is not.
