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Re: Dolt-lummox newbie is gonna jump!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kyle Ferrio)
Wed Nov 6 10:06:46 1996
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 10:02:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Kyle Ferrio <kbf@phy.duke.edu>
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On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, Lance Cummings wrote:
> Can someone please solve this problem for me before
> I grab my tower and jump out the window with it?
>
> I have downloaded the various Colgate updates and
> fixes listed on the errata pages.
>
> I have them on DOS floppies.
>
> I need to get them into a Linux directory so that glint
> or rpm can read them.
>
> I have tried to do this several ways, but none of them
> worked. Stress is a killer. Please speak slowly and
> use little words. Remember, I know verrrrry little.
>
> --The dolt-lummox newbie
As a dolt-lummox not-so-new newbie, here's what I'd suggest:
1. Cut out the double espressos and move your desk away from the window.
2. Copy the new rpms someplace convenient. I like /tmp.
3. Fire up glint in X.
4. Click on "Configure" on the right hand side of the main glint window.
5. A secondary window comes up. Enter the full path of the location of
the new rpms. The default assumes you're installing rpms from the
Redhat CD. You're not. So type /tmp if that's where you put the new
rpms. Close this box.
6. Click "Available" on the right hand side of the main glint window.
Voila! You should be presented with a window of available rpms from
/tmp.
Or, you could just run rpm from the directory (/tmp) with the new *.rpm
files.
Good Luck,
Kyle
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