Topic: RPM Installation

[Charles]

Just installed my first Linux/E-Smith box. Everything is working fine except for the dial up connection. I can’t access the internet although the modem is connected.  Want to install the e-smith-linkstatus-0.1-1.src.rpm package to monitor what is wrong. However, although the RPM command seems to run fine, I can’t find the command to start the linkstatus program. I did the same with links-0.94pre9-1.src.rpm with similar results.  (tried  RPM –ivh PackageName ; RPM –Uv PackageName ; RPM-ivv PackageName ; etc...)

This is what I get:

D: counting packages to install
D: found 1 packages
D: looking for packages to download
D: retrieved 0 packages
D: New Header signature
D: Signature size: 68
D: Signature pad : 4
D: sigsize         : 72
D: Header + Archive: 403151
D: expected size   : 403151
D: found 1 source and 0 binary packages
D: New Header signature
D: Signature size: 68
D: Signature pad : 4
D: sigsize         : 72
D: Header + Archive: 403151
D: expected size   : 403151
D: installing a source package
D: sources in: /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
D: spec file in: /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
D:    file: links-0.94pre9.tar.gz action: unknown
D:    file: links.spec action: unknown
links-0.94pre9-1
GZDIO:      50 reads,   404156 total bytes in 0.006 secs
[root@linux1 Downloads]#

I have the files on the SOURCES and SPECS directories but when I run ./configure it tels me thata the cc  directory is bad....   What am I missing?   Do I have to download gcc?

Thanks in advance.

[Graham]

Charles,

The link status program only gives an indication that you have a link . . .

Your modem lights are good enough for this !

A more useful add on is e-smith-isp-0.2-2.noarch.rpm

I have installed this and it works a treat !

You can also test your ppp from the console of your server
assuming your have a monitor connected.

Use that as a first test.

If that works ok you need to lolok at your client PC setup.

Have specified e-smith as your web proxy server ?

[Dan Brown]

You don't want the .src.rpm file; you want a .noarch.rpm.  See if you can find one of those for this package.

[Charles]

Dear Graham and Dan:

Super Thanks!

I was able to install the package, (actually) I've installed quite a few by now. Everything is working super fine.

My new feat is to be able to forward port 80 to an internal server for some requests while keeping others on the linux box based on the page/domain requested.

Once again thanks.