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taiwoadeegbe
02-14-04, 08:47
Can any one tell me :

How I can copy and untar this tar file.... icewm_etc.tar.gz from the directory /etc/icewm

How can I Install a rpm file , also how can I install rpms form CDs to the standard directory ~/rpms and also install it.

ika
02-14-04, 11:40
Originally posted by taiwoadeegbe
Can any one tell me :

How I can copy and untar this tar file.... icewm_etc.tar.gz from the directory /etc/icewm

How can I Install a rpm file , also how can I install rpms form CDs to the standard directory ~/rpms and also install it.

tar xvzf icewm_etc.tar.gz

rpm -Uvh some_rpm_package.rpm

Hints:
man tar
man rpm

taiwoadeegbe
02-24-04, 21:40
Thanks Ika for the solution.It worked.

The programme is alright now.

Cheers.