rpm install

[mmills]

my question is this,

to install a program using a rpm you must be under root, so do you download it online under the root usr?
I was always told do as little as possible under root.

[fatTrav]

you do not need to d/l the rpm as root. and yes, it is best to do as little as possible as root (i.e. don't use root as your regular log on)

travis

[mmills]

thanks for the input.........

[pmrphs2002]

With Mandrake, all you need to do is download the RPM file into your home directory and double click it...

You enter your root password, shoot into RPM Drake and when its done installing, RPMDrake closes and your a normal user again. Easy.

Of course, to dodge a file thats missing a lot of dependancies (Dependancy Hell) theres always Urpmi in a console.....

[rudiz]

Urpmi
http://www.urpmi.org

[mmills]

thanks guys