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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:20:34 -0400
From:      Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc>
To:        ahze@baddog.yi.org
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How to extract/install a Linux .rpm file
Message-ID:  <39BE1F92.AB8B9235@smartsoft.cc>
References:  <20000912051241.8CEF0CC@baddog.yi.org>

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Mike Johnson wrote:

> can you not get the source?

Nop!

> 'man rpm' shows this.. just install it like /home/user/rpmname or
> something..

Tried that, no such luck...
Guess it has not been installed huh?!

> --prefix <path>
>               This  sets  the  installation  prefix to <path> for
>               relocatable packages.

What does rpm stand for? Relocatable Package Manager.

Jan



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