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rincon155
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unrpm does't work

#1 Post by rincon155 »

I am new to Puppy Linux and trying to download packages. Every time I do it I get an error message indicating to install unrpm.pup. But I checked in My-applications/bin and unrpm is there. How can I activate it? Thank you.

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#2 Post by GustavoYz »

You have to place in the rpm directory and open a terminal (In Rox, open the dir with the rpm inside, right click on an empty area and choose Window > Terminal Here to open urxvt).
Then, just write this and hit enter:

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unrpm thePackageName.rpm
. Replace 'thePackageName.rpm' with the real name and you'll extract the content of that package to the same directory (as if it were a tar.gz).

Note that you can't install rpm on the same way that you install .debs packages.

Hope this helps.

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#3 Post by disciple »

But sometimes unrpm fails.
I actually found a command which succeeded when unrpm failed a few weeks back... but I can't find it now :(
Every time I do it I get an error message indicating to install unrpm.pup. But I checked in My-applications/bin and unrpm is there.
Is My-applications/bin still in the path these days? If you run `unrpm` in a terminal, what happens?
Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here

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#4 Post by rincon155 »

Thank you GustavoYZ and disciple. I 'll do it this week end.

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#5 Post by GustavoYz »

@disciple: You could use PeaZip also...

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#6 Post by rincon155 »

GustavoYz wrote:@disciple: You could use PeaZip also...
I just downloaded the portable version and it seems an excellent resource. Thank you!!!

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