Topic: installing adittional pacages(from internet)

[Sander]

I am an "idiote" with linux, but i got e-smith to work almost as i wanted.

Now i want to install aditional programs.
How can I download and install pacages with e-smith.
I can install RPM-s, but in internet they are in format tar.gz . how could i download and install them with one command as with rpm-s.

Can i download random programs from tucows linux site under console?
and how to do it?


Please help

Sander

[Nef]

files with tar.gz extension are compress files, download them to windows and uncompress it first. winzip will work fine in uncompressing. then transfer it to linux and install them the .rpm

[Sander]

when i uncompressed them there was no .rpm files. only .c .o and so one.
where on linux do i transfer them ond how can i make my server understand where to get the .rpm files.

Sander

[Kirrily Robert]

The .tar.gz file is raw source code, and needs to be compiled.  This is not supported on e-smith (see the FAQ, where this topic is discussed at length).  I'd suggest going to http://rpmfind.net/ and typing in the name of the software you want, and seeing whether an RPM for it exists there.  If you can't find it on RPMfind you probably can't find it anywhere.

K.