FC2 and RPM

[Satish Balay]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Giulio Sorrentino wrote:

> dave.woolcock at spamcop.net wrote:
> 
> > Newbie question:
> > 
> > FC2 seems to be set up reasonably well using KDE gui, but I understood
> > that rpm files should auto-install when I dbl-click them?
> > 
> > What happens is that an "rpm" process starts on the taskbar, egg-times
> > for about 20 seconds, then disappears.  That's all. 
> > I suppose I could do it all via the command line, but what do I need
> > to do to get dbl-clicking to activate it properly?
> >  
> You have to associate the rpm file with konsole or wathever you use...

I'll recommend learning/using tools like yum/up2date and configuring
them to proper repositories that provide packages for your
distribution (FC2) - instead of downloading a random '.rpm' off the
web - and depending upon 'click-to-install' feature of
konsole/konquorer.

Satish