How do I install an RPM?

 

Ok, I am working on building a MythTV box using MythDora.

I have installed and played around with Linux in the past, starting with Redhat 5.1 way back when.

But I never really got in-depth into it.

More of just installing the OS, playing around with some of the included programs, then wiping it and putting XP back on.

 

Well, now I am going to go all out and build a linux box that I want to keep and learn how to use.

So, I download the MythDora iso, burn it, install it.

Small problems, but it has more to do with my hardware than Linux, so I'll move on.

 

Ok, I get it all installed. It comes with a VNC viewer already installed, which is great since that is what I use on my network at home.

I have 6 computers all hooked up, but only one monitor.

I use a switch box for 4 of them, then VNC only for the other 2.

 

But there seems to be something wrong with the RealVNC view that is installed by default.

It won't let me connect to my other computers by name or IP address.

I can ping them just fine, though.

 

So, I thought, maybe, MAYBE, RealVNC just doesn't like the Ultr@VNC that I use on the others.

So, I go and download TightVNC thinking that might work.

Well, it comes in an RPM format. Great, I think. MythDora is based off Fedore Core, so that should work fine.

 

So I got the packages downloaded, but being a newb, I try to double-click them, but a box pops up asking what program I want to use to open them.

Huh? It's an RPM, shouldn't it install?

Then I remember something about right-clicking and picking some unpacking option.

Nope, not there either.

So, I go back to the Tight VNC website thinking maybe they had some install instructions.

Nope.

Then that seemed to be the dominant theme wherever I looked.

I tried Googling Install VNC in Linux.

Got a lot of replies, but they all seemed to just say: Ok, now install VNC, then after it is installed......BAH!

Just about everywhere I looked it just said the same thing: Ok, install VNC now, then......

I think that was why I never was able to get far in learning linux. So many things just assumed you knew how to do something.

 

So, I decided I would do it from the command prompt.

Ok, got terminal, cd to the right directory.

rpm -ivh tightvnc-etc {enter}

Not a valid package.

?

Huh?

 

Ok, maybe it is corrupt.

Go back to the website again. re-download.

Nada.

 

Ok, MythDora is a mutant of Fedora.

It automatically logs you on as a user named MythTV.

So, I log out and log in as root.

No Joy.

 

I turned it off and went to bed.

Now I am a little calmer today at work, so I am going to try to find some more information about how to install TightVNC.

I need n00b hand-holding step-by-step directions on this.

 

Good luck to me, I guess.

 

Thanks for letting me get this off my chest.

:P

Hello.

 

When i try to update my computer i get error. I dont know why.

Here i post error code i get.

 

Quote:Transaction Check Error: file /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.51 conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.8.20070109.fc6 and ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.34.20070204.lvn6 file /usr/lib/libavformat.so.51 conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.8.20070109.fc6 and ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.34.20070204.lvn6

file /usr/lib/libavutil.so.49 conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.8.20070109.fc6 and ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.34.20070204.lvn6

file /usr/lib/vhook/drawtext.so conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.8.20070109.fc6 and ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.34.20070204.lvn6

file /usr/lib/vhook/fish.so conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.8.20070109.fc6 and ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.34.20070204.lvn6

file /usr/lib/vhook/imlib2.so conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.8.20070109.fc6 and ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.34.20070204.lvn6

file /usr/lib/vhook/null.so conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.8.20070109.fc6 and ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.34.20070204.lvn6

file /usr/lib/vhook/ppm.so conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.8.20070109.fc6 and ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.34.20070204.lvn6

file /usr/lib/vhook/watermark.so conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.8.20070109.fc6 and ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.34.20070204.lvn6

I get the JRun Servlet Error when trying to run cf admin.

port is 8500

for machine name , i have tried localhost, locathost:localdomain, 127.0.0.1 but none of them work. where am i going wrong?

Hello i hawe installed bf2 with wine.

But problem is i cant start the game.

So some one knows what i need to do?

 

My distro is fedora 6.

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i have xp pro and fedora on the same hard drive but when i boot up my computer it goes straight to xp with no errors like i never installed linux

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The Fedora project has released Fedora 7 Test 2 (6.91). New in this release are Linux 2.6.21rc1, GNOME 2.17.91, a brand new icon set, the merger of Core and Extras, fast user switching, and much more. See the release schedule for more information.

 

cheers

anyweb

<span style="font-size:12px;">Is fedora core 6 or previous versions of fedora suitable to run on the server side? is it suited to run business or personal sites on the server? </span>

<span style="font-size:12px;"> </span>

<span style="font-size:12px;">if not, what linux distros would be recommended for that purpose with cost being one of the factors?</span>

I am currently using fedora core 6. It seems that coldfusion mx 6 is not compatible with fc6. The installation process goes well but I am unable to start the coldfusion server. In terminal window, logged in as root, I get the following error when i try to start the server.

 

So I did this for Debian users, helped Fedora users find the RPMs, yet I don't have either of those as my standard desktop!

 

Instead I am a Gentoo user. So here is a howto for gentoo. It is really simple actually thanks to vapier making some nice ebuilds. First off whilst enlightenment was in the main portage tree it has recently be demoted to its own personal tree. So we must add an overlay.

 

Lets get started, install the utility layman (Note: subversion might need installed as well):