Where to install rpm?


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Ok, still not able to install my Nvida drivers on RH 9 2.4.20-31.9

I downloaded the src and and kernel.. I put them in /usr/src/RPMS/ and /usr/src/SOURCE/

Do I have to do anything special to the rpm files??

Sorry for such a stupid question..

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rpm files are self extracting/install files in windows. I haven't used RH in a very long time, but as far as I can remember, you can right click on the rpm file within the file manager and select Install RPM or Install Package from the menu.

If that doesn't work, then you can manually do it by opening a console and do the following...

Binary RPM Installation

The binary installation procedure involves downloading the binary RPM file appropriate to your distribution and installing it. If you are using the SuSE distribution, see NOTE: SuSE INSTALLATIONS, above.

Become root and install using rpm:

example% cd <directory with the rpm file>

example% su

Password: ******

example# rpm -i nforce{package name}-1.0-1.rpm

More info can be found at the readme page for nvidia http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nforce/...e_1.0-0261.html

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Ok, still not able to install my Nvida drivers on RH 9 2.4.20-31.9

I downloaded the src and and kernel.. I put them in /usr/src/RPMS/  and /usr/src/SOURCE/

Do I have to do anything special to the rpm files??

Sorry for such a stupid question..

Yo, I assume if you're downloading a kernel, your using SuSe.... but you're not... you shouldn't need the kernel for RH.... and, you DO KNOW, that if you're using source, rather than binaries, you don't need a new kernel anyway?

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ok here is exactly what you need to do. first you need to download the kernel source file for the kernel your running. It is probably like kernel-source-2.4.20-31.9.rpm or somethign similar. Then you type "su" to login as root. Then do "rpm -ivh kernel-source-2.4.20-31.9.rpm" where the kernel source is the name of the kernel source. Once thats done you will have the necessary header files to run the nvidia installer. Next in a command prompt with XWindows not running you type "sh NVIDIA-blah blah lblah.run" where the NVIDIA-blah blah blah.run is the driver installer. It'll go through a few questions and install the video driver. Then you edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and search for the spot that says driver "nv" and change it to "nvidia". Then you just "startx" and your good to go. Thats everything and I hope this helps.

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Are you sure you are using the latest drivers?

Read this nVidia article.

It has the latest driver for download and the instructions on how to install it. It is VERY simple.. I installed it on Slackware 9.1 some days ago. :)

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