cannot install *.rpm package

[sanlen]

Hi All,

I am the newbie to Redhat Linux (also newbie to all the open source). I am trying to install the *.rpm package to my system, however, i am never be able to get this done. So i doubt if i must do any configuration in my system before i am allowed to install the *.rpm package.

could you please advise??

Thanks you very much for your time and all the guidiance you may give me.

Best Regard,
sanlen

[MikeTbob]

Tell us which command or method you used and the full name of the software to be installed.

[sanlen]

Thanks.

I tried this:

# rpm -i kde4-koffice-2.0.1-1.src.rpm

[MikeTbob]

Do you realize that you are trying to install the sourcecode and not the actual program binary that runs on command. If you install only the sourcecode then you will still need to "configure, make, make install.
Anytime you see an RMP file with these letters, "src.rpm" that means it's sourcecode.
Is there a reason you want to install Koffice this way? Why don't you use the system repos to install it for you, this way all of the depends will get installed automagically.
If you seriously want to install from RPM then you might want to look for kde4-koffice-2.0.1-1.rpm or kde4-koffice-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm. Good Luck

[Lakshmipathi]

Yes follow MikeTobb's suggestion.

In case if you get permission errors then use

chmod o+x kde4-koffice-2.0.1-1.rpm

and then try rpm -i command.