Copying and untaring in UNIX

taiwoadeegbe · #1 (**permalink**) 02-14-04, 07:47

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 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-14-04, 10:40

Quote:

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 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-24-04, 20:40

Thanks Ika for the solution.It worked.

The programme is alright now.

Cheers.

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