Firebird browser... Where can I get a YDL compatible version?

[Brian Waite]

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On Wednesday 05 May 2004 02:23 am, Clinton MacDonald wrote:
> Andrew:
>
> Andrew wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 19:03, Clinton MacDonald wrote:
> >> Installing an rpm package (such as the Firefox) is
> >> only slightly harder, but there are a few gotchas
> >> (for instance, I have learned to type "rpm -Uvh
> >> packagename" to install a package that way, but I
> >> don't know what the magic "Uvh"incantation
> >> accomplishes).
> >
> > Please, let me add some more precisions. "rpm -Uvh packagename" mean rpm
> > -(U)pdate (v)erbose (h)ash marks (Uvh...) while "rpm -ivh packagename"
> > mean rpm -(i)nstall (v)erbose (h)ash marks. If you are UPDATING a
> > package use "rpm -Uvh packagename" but if you want to INSTALL a package
> > use "rpm -ivh packagename"
>
> Excellent, thanks! I knew that someone more knowledgeable on this list
> would come to my rescue. I recall trying to read the man pages for rpm,
> and I recall being completely unable to determine how to install a
> package from those pages. "Wow," I thought, "look at all the things I
> could do with rpm. Now, I wonder which one I *should* do?"
In the spirit of teaching a man to fish....
RPM is a very powerful command and is often times very confusing. As a Good=
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rule of thumb, the arguments -Uhv will allow you to install packages. Of=20
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post them up here and we can help you through those.
So remember
rpm -Uhv <RPM name>

Thanks
Brian


>
> As I have said before, trying to learn Linux from the man pages is like
> trying to learn a foreign language by reading a dictionary -- a
> dictionary consisting only of verb infinitives, at that.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint
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