[ale] package

[sean milligan]

im trying to install a package, when i type rpm -ivh foo-3.76-1.i386.rpm it 
says cannot open file foo-3.76-1.i386.rpm???
im in root, after i logged in i put the linux cd in the cd-rom drive? please 
someone help?

>From: Michael B Golden <naugrim at juno.com>
>To: ale at ale.org
>CC: cor.angela at mindspring.com
>Subject: Re: [ale] Module Dependencies
>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:41:13 EDT
>
>On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:31:22 -0400 Cor van Dijk
><cor.angela at mindspring.com> writes:
> >Downloading and installing may not be enough!  You also have to
> >*configure* the kernel. The following procedure always worked for me
> >in all kinds of Linuxes, including RedHat5.2, and should work here
>unless RedHat6.0 >is differemt:
>
>I have RedHat5.2.
><snip>
>None of that should be needed. I did not download the source. i
>downloaded the binary rpm from RedHat6.0 from ftp.cdrom.com.
>
> >9. Adjust your lilo file if the name and/or location of the image are
> >different from the previous.
> >Done!
> >Oh! and do not forget '/sbin/lilo'. All of the above can probably be
> >found in "linux for idiots" and therefore I assume
> >that your problem is different and you need a guru.
>
>The lilo stuff is unneeded too, I do not use lilo. I use a bootdisk
>because of the 1024 cylinder limit.
>
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