[CENTER][SIZE=6][COLOR=Navy]HOW TO install applications through .rpm file [/COLOR][/SIZE][LEFT][SIZE=6] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]I know this is a very simple *[COLOR=Red]how to[/COLOR] *but for beginers its daunting task to find how to install through .rpm file for a beginer, so experts this is not your place. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] *What is [COLOR=Red]_.rpm_[/COLOR] file ?*
[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]RPM Package Manager is a *[COLOR=Red]package management system[/COLOR]*. The name RPM refers to two things: a software package file format, and software packaged in this format. RPM was intended primarily for Linux distributions; the file format *RPM* is the baseline package format of the Linux Standard Base. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Originally developed by Red Hat for Red Hat Linux, RPM is now used by many Linux distributions. It has also been ported to some other operating systems, such as Novell NetWare (as of version 6.5 SP3) and IBM's AIX as of version 4. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]RPM stands for "[COLOR=Red]*RPM Package Manage*r[/COLOR]," which is a recursive acronym. (*[COLOR=Red]Source[/COLOR]*: ***Wikipedia***)
*[B]Advantages and disadvantages of the format :*[/B]
[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Package managers have many advantages over relying on manual installation such as: [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]RPM also has a few advantages over some other package managers: [/SIZE]
[SIZE=3] *So how to install using .rpm file ?*
- [SIZE=3]They present a uniform, clean way for users to install and remove programs with a single command.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=3]There are many popular interfaces, both command-line and graphical.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=3]Non-interactive installation makes it easy to automate.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=3]It is the Linux (LSB) standard format.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=3]It is popular: the typical rpm repository (the place where the packages are made available publicly) contains thousands of free applications.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=3]RPM packages can be cryptographically verified with GPG and MD5[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=3]Original source archive (e.g. .tar.gz, .tar.bz2) are included in SRPMs, making verification easier (for security-critical packages like OpenSSH it is possible to check with md5sum that the sources were not modified).[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=3]DeltaRPMs, the RPM equivalent of a patch file, can incrementally update RPM-installed software without needing the original package.[/SIZE]
[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]To install .rpm files we need an other application called [COLOR=Red]*alien*[/COLOR]. [/SIZE][SIZE=3]You can *[COLOR=Red]alien [/COLOR]*Using the Terminal, for that go through Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type the following code in the terminal :
sudo apt-get install alienNow I want to install RealPlayer11GOLD from RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm (<--- Click to download RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm). Here is the method:
open the Terminal, [B]Applications → Accessories → Terminal. [/B] if downloaded the the .rpm file in Desktop type the following code (after each line hit enter) :
cd ~/Desktop
sudo alien RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm
Now the final step of the installation just double click the .deb file , you will notice that a window pops out click install package *or *type the following code in the Terminal. ``` sudo dpkg -i RealPlayer11GOLD.deb
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