Types of Installation

[IL14]

Ok, my problem is I don't really know how to install packages, I know how to extract them if they are arhcived, and how to use rpmdrake. I want to know how many types of installations are there, and how to perform each, in means of file formats.

[fancypiper]

Have you checked section 6 of the LNO FAQs (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/faq/faqw.py?req=index)?