Topic: adding rpms

[steve]

Could anyone tell me how to get 4.12 (im presuming from root) to fetch via ftp and then install rpms and modules. all of the how-to's that I have seen assume that I know how to get the files into place. the best I can figure out, although I am willing and eager to learn, is how to get them into an i-bay. Also, can I put them onto a floppy via a windows machine and install them into the server from root?

I certainly appreciate the assistance.

steve

[steve]

oh yeah.... what I forgot to add is that I need to get php-nuke or post-nuke installed so that I can actually get the project I am working on out of the mud.

thanks,

steve

[Dan Brown]

Well, there's no reason _not_ to download to an ibay; then you'd just log in as root, go to that directory, and install from there.

You have a couple of other options, though:

1.  Download the files with wget on the server-- wget [URL]
2.  RPM can download the files before installing-- rpm -Uvh [URL]

[John Goodwin]

Hi Steve,

I can't really help you with the rpm issue except for the fact that I setup an ibay solely for the purpose of storing downloaded files.  I mapped a drive on my windows client to the ibay, and then I just select the ibay files directory to store the download.  I then move these files to the directory I want to use by using the cp command from the command line (I do this by using putty and ssh).

As for PHPNuke, I had no problems installing from a tarball.  There are a few steps in the process (create a db, execute a few sql files, set some file permissions), but if you follow the directions its pretty easy.  Do remeber that if you want to enable php in the primary bay you need to enable php by applying one of the rpm in the e-smith rpm list (can't remeber the name of it but its easy to find).

Hope this  helps,
John Goodwin