Installing RPM, not an rpm file, the RPM command [Archive]

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JenTack225

01-09-2007, 03:08 PM

Hi, for some strange reason my webhost took away rpm and apt-get which I need for my site. They said I could install them myself but they would not help me. Where would I get the source code for rpm for (Red-Hat/Linux)?

Satanic Atheist

01-09-2007, 03:13 PM

If you have lost apt-get, can you use "dpkg"? Is it still installed? If so, you can just download the debs for it and then install with:

dpkg -i <apt-get.deb>

And you can then apt-get install stuff.

James

JenTack225

01-09-2007, 03:14 PM

bash: dpkg: command not found

As you can see this is slightly fustrating.

mrrangerman43

01-09-2007, 03:36 PM

Are you logged in as root when you try dpkg?

JenTack225

01-09-2007, 05:04 PM

I do not have root access so I can not, it is a webhosting company we use.

JenTack225

01-09-2007, 06:33 PM

I'm using westhost and they say
"Unfortunately, our virtualization software doesn't allow for rpm and apt-get to run by default. You may be able to get them to run on your own, but we don't offer technical support for installing them."

So they want me to download and compile all the dependencies for all the programs I want and the program.... That sure sounds feasible!