Help!

[katana]

Ok, I am VERY new to linux, and have just installed fedora core 2 on a 2nd hard drive. I have used Red Hat briefly, and wanted to install AMSN messenger. I have downloaded the amsn rpm. can anyone give me some advice as to how to install it?
Cheers,
Darren.

[sebnukem]

Type:

$ rpm -Uvh <yourfile>.rpm

U for Update if already installed, Install if not
v for verbose
h for hash visual

[katana]

where should I place the file before performing the rpm command? is there a specific folder? or does the rpm command unpack the files to a specific folder automatically?

[sebnukem]

nowhere in particular. just run the rpm command where your file is.

You probably need to be root to run it though. Type 'su' to be root. 'exit' to come back to your user.

[katana]

It says 'failed dependancies: /usr/bin/wish is needed'. ???

[sebnukem]

I believe wish is a program that comes with Tcl/Tk. You need to have Tcl/Tk installed on your system.

[katana]

yeah, got to that stage, sorry. Now having more problems trying to configure tcl, as descibed in a new post I made.
Again, I apologise for being so newbie-ish!

[sergio.mateo]

When trying to install tcl-devel on Fedora It has several dependencies that, in the end, two of them are needed each other so I can perform de installation of none...

I tried wiht the --force flag, but neither...

Any help?

[sebnukem]

to install several packages that are dependent on each other install them together:

rpm -Uvh pack1.rpm pack2.rpm

or

rpm -Uvh *rpm