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How can I extract the files and install an application that has a postfix of .iso ??? could you please advise what is iso in linux Red hat and what is a file.iso ??
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Conventionally a .iso file is an image of a ISO9660 Filesystem (CD-ROM Data). These can be either burnt onto a blank CD, or can be mounted via loopback and you can access the data.

There is the possibility that this file may not be a CD image and just have the extension iso, to find out for sure at a terminal change to the directory this file is located and do 'file filename.iso' this will tell you what type of file filename.iso is.

Thanks
It shows data file

This is somewhat from memory, since I don't have a box to test it on at the moment, but you should be able to mount it like this (assuming it's a valid ISO, and you're root):

Code:

# mkdir cdmnt
# mount -t iso9960 -o loop filename.iso cdmnt/

wohh i didnt know you could do that
well, i had an idea you could but i didnt know how

Redhat (I don't know about other Distos) also allows you do install via NFS using the ISOs instead of the extracted ISOs. No extraction needed.https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/...RK-INSTALL-ISO

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