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Title: Installing packages manually

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Installing packages manually

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 5.0

It is possible to install both RPM- and TGZ packages manually.

  1. RPM packages :
    In order to install a package PACKAGE.rpm, enter
            rpm -i PACKAGE.rpm
    
    If you want to update an existing package, use the option -U resp. --update. It is also possible to update packages via ftp :
            rpm -i ftp://ftp.suse.de/pub/.../PACKAGE.rpm
    

    Attention : Please use the rpm from the »S.u.S.E. Linux« distribution. If you're using a "foreign" rpm, you must first change into the Root-diretory (cd /) in order to ensure, that the install- and uninstall-scripts work reliably.

    You might have to update your version of rpm first (see e.g. ke_rpm-suse51.html for further information).


  2. TGZ packages:

    In order to install a package PACKAGE.tgz, enter

            /sbin/installpkg PACKAGE.tgz
    

    If you want to update an existing TGZ-package, you should first uninstill it with

            /sbin/removepkg PACKAGE
    

Important :

After the manual installation of a software package it is highly recommended to call SuSEconfig which will then perform necessary configurations. If you install packages with YaST, this happens automatically.

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Keywords: INSTALLPKG, PACKAGE, INSTALLING, RPM

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Categories: Package

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