Topic: How to install blades/RPMs..

[luke]

As per subject......

I would like to use port forwarding etc etc.. I found an addy forit, but no install instructions.... I thought e-smith be good.. but all this stuffing around is not good..... I hope I can get this sorted tonight or back to smoothwall I go....

[Byte]

well e-smith is good in fact it's better than good, the reason portforwarding dont come with instructions that is because if you read the install.sh from where you got the addy then it will say "adds a new panel under so & so" then all details are on the portforwarding.

Correct me if im wrong but isnt installing rpms the same as on smooth wall, redhat, slackware....need i go on.

So more solution for you is to ask your question in a better way as this forum helps alot of people including myself.

Byte

[luke]

Never installed rpms with smoothwall, I don't know much about *nix.

[Bill Talcott]

Install the Update System panel from http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/contrib/update-system-0.0.1/ using the directions at http://www.chrouch.com/e-smith/rpm-howto.html. Once you do that, there will be a Server Manager panel where you can browse to a local .rpm file, and just click install. There are a few RPMs that don't quite work right with this, but 99% of them work fine. If it doesn't work, just use the RPM HowTo again...

[Andrei Taylor]

I am almost tempted to tell this guy to take his Lazy A$$ back to smoothwall. The nerve of some people in these forums. I was once a newbie also but I READ the documentation, searched on how to install rpms, READ up on linux redhat installed E-Smith server 4.0 and learned from that. The key word here is READ. I had to do the same thing when becoming an NT Admin after being a Naval electrician for 10 years.

[luke]

I searched here on blades.....and had no luck.... I read - but could not find anything relevant - even checked the documentation.

Thanks to Bill Talcott I now know what to do, and have infact got e-smith working.

The nerve of some people here not willing to help people.....

[Luke]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for that.. I am now on the road and learned some more things. Thanks.

Have a G'day,

Luke

[Ray Mitchell]

Dear Luke
Have at look at ALL the links at http://www.e-smith.org
You will learn a LOT !!

You might also like to look at some of the HOWTOs at
http://www.e-smith.org/cgi-bin/contrib.cgi
There are many instructions there that give genral information re how to instal and uninstal rpms from the command prompt.

Online help for linux commands see
http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/

and specifically for the rpm command
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut3/chapter/ch05.html#LN.PKG.DIV.RPM

Happy reading
Ray Mitchell

[Der Robe]

You guys are harsh if you guys treated me that way when I first started learning E-smith I would have never even attempted e-smith.  This forum is for general support questions so Andrei get some tp and clean out what ever died in you @$$ and Bill you just made my life a hell of a lot easier I was installing rpms via command line with was fun to figure out which switchs would work best.

[Ray Mitchell]

Luke, Der Robe & others

Have a look at the link to the rpm command, it's quite informative.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut3/chapter/ch05.html#LN.PKG.DIV.RPM

I was a beginner not so long ago and got caught with some of the simple things, so to help other beginners.......

The commonly used rpm command variations are:

rpm -ivh rpmname
rpm -Uvh rpmname
rpm -e rpmname (without number or suffix)

eg to instal an rpm called e-smith-ezmlm-web-1.1.1-04.noarch.rpm
do
rpm -ivh e-smith-ezmlm-web-1.1.1-04.noarch.rpm

to update an already installed rpm say e-smith-ezmlm-web-1.1.1-04.noarch.rpm with e-smith-ezmlm-web-1.1.1-05.noarch.rpm

do rpm -Uvh e-smith-ezmlm-web-1.1.1-05.noarch.rpm

to uninstal an rpm called e-smith-ezmlm-web-1.1.1-05.noarch.rpm

do
rpm -e e-smith-ezmlm-web

Hope this is of use
Regards
Ray Mitchell

[Andrei Taylor]

All of you Guys go use Smoothwall! LOL