1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Ok, this is probably a real simple question....I have RH 7.1 and i wanted to know do I have to install the RPM packages for software or can i use the binaries and do make ...make install. ?? (6 Replies)

2. Red Hat

Hi all, please advise. i need to install Oracle 9i database on RHES4 and i've totally screwed up with RPMs trying to install the wrong (i386) on 64bit machine. my question is: how do i can get back to the whole default bunch of RPMs and start from the beginning? (1 Reply)

3. What is on Your Mind?

This one's inspired by Smiling Dragons Movie Screenshot contest The rules are simple: 10 Albums are posted, with band/artist/name information either removed or made illegible. To score a point on a cover you'll have to post the name of the band/artist, album name, and release year. If either... (18 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all, I have to automate server installation. For this its needed to install 2 - 3 different RPMs. Is there any way of creating a single rpm from these two rpms? How the spec file will look like? thanks... (0 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello folks, I want to download rpms from below link, but problem is that only able to download with wget command, but problem is that if internet delay or packet loss comes from remote site then it will break the download and download next file not continue the broken file, though i start from... (0 Replies)

6. Red Hat

Would you please give us the definition and usage of RPMs in linux? thanks to reply.... (1 Reply)

7. Solaris

I'm having a strange issue that I'm unsure what to do with. I have a new Solaris home server that I want hard mount /home to all our servers. I've made each user's home directory a filesystem so that I can manage every user with a quota. In each one of my server vfstab files I have it set as: ... (4 Replies)