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RPM+Slackware Mini-Howto

Dave Whitinger, wolf@redhat.com

v1.0, 29 August 1997

This document describes how to get RPM installed and working properly under Slackware. The information contained herein, however, is probably applicable to any Linux distribution.

1. Introduction

2. Obtaining the software

3. Installing the software

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1. Introduction

I've been asked many many times how to use RPM under Slackware. Enough was enough, so today I decided that creating this document might be a good idea.

RPM is the "Red Hat Package Manager" and is the heart of the Red Hat Linux distribution. It's most basic functionality is to install and de-install packages. Check out the RPM-HOWTO, or get a copy of "Maximum RPM" for more information on using RPM.

This document is geared toward installing RPM on a Slackware system using an Intel processor, but the information contained herein can easily be applied to any distribution using any processor type.

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2. Obtaining the software

The newest release of RPM is always available from:

ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/latest

As of this writing, the latest version was

rpm-2.4.5-1.i386.tar.gz

Notice the .i386 section. This means that it is a binary package for the Intel architecture, ready to untar and run. Make sure that the file you download has the i386 in the filename, otherwise the following instructions will not work.

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3. Installing the software

You must be root to accomplish the next steps.

You must then untar the package from the root directory. Here are the instructions for doing so:

        cd /
        tar zxvpf /home/wolf/rpm-2.4.5-1.i386.tar.gz

Of course, replace the /home/wolf with the correct path for the filename.

Next, you have to create a directory called "rpm" under the /var/lib tree.

mkdir /var/lib/rpm

Now type 'rpm --initdb' to initialize the rpm database.

If everything has gone correctly up to this point, you will have a rpm-capable system! Test it out by grabbing any rpm file and installing it with 'rpm -Uvh filename.rpm'

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