To install new packages, choose Install from the
toolbar. In the Install
window, your view will depend upon what you have selected under
Filter.
Filter can be used to narrow your choices for
viewing packages. Available filters include the following:
All packages
All packages except for those that are already installed
Only uninstalled packages
Only newer packages
Uninstalled or newer packages
Click on the Add button. By default, if your
CD-ROM is mounted with a Red Hat Linux CD-ROM,
Gnome-RPM will search in
/mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS for new packages. (You can
change the default path in the tab of
the =>
dialog. See the section called Configuration for more information.)
If no packages are available in the default path, you will see an
window. You can select the location of
your new package using the standard file dialog window.
If you click on a package, you'll see a brief description of the package
in the Package Info panel of the
Install window. To perform an installation or a
query on the package, select the checkbox next to the package, then
click on the Install button. You can also query a
selected package. On the Package Info window, you
can also perform the installation
To choose an item, double-click on it with your left mouse button, or
click on the Add button. The selected package(s)
will be added to the window.
In addition to installing the packages from within the
window, you can install a package after
performing a query on the selected package. Click on
Query, which will open the window. Here, you can find a variety of details about the
package you've selected to install, including the origination of the
package, the date it was built, its size and more.
If the package already exists on your system and you're querying a newer
version, the window provides an
Upgrade button, which will upgrade the package to
the newer version.
You can also drag and drop packages from GNOME File
Manager. Within the File
Manager, left-click on the selected package. While still
holding down the mouse button, drag the file to the
Install window and place it within the
Name panel.
When dragging files to the Install window from the
File Manager, you'll notice that the file is
displayed as an icon while it's being dragged toward
Gnome-RPM. Once inside the
Name panel, you'll see that the package is checked
for installation by default, and its information appears in the
Package Info panel to the right.
To install the package, select the Install
button. You'll see a progress indicator as your package is being
installed.
