Some general tips for installing software from online software repositories:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3017If you're trying to install software from an individual RPM or set of RPMs, there are a few ways to go about doing that.
If it's just a single RPM package saved to your desktop, for example, you may be able to install it simply by double-clicking on the file and opening it with the Software Installer. You can also install software from a terminal window using the
rpm or
yum commands.
rpm doesn't try to resolve dependency issues for you, while
yum will automatically install other required packages if they're available. In either case you need to login as root using the
su command first. Here are some examples ...
Installing a single RPM package with
rpm:
su
<root password>
rpm -ivh /path/to/your/file.rpm
Installing a single RPM package with
yum:
su
<root password>
yum localinstall --nogpgcheck /path/to/your/file.rpm
You can also specify multiple packages at once which is useful when you want to install something that requires multiple RPM packages due to dependencies -- for example:
rpm -ivh file1.rpm file2.rpm file3.rpm
Also, while you're in a terminal window you can view documentation for the yum and rpm commands:
man yum
man rpm