Trivial question

[Jeff Vian]

On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 21:57 -0500, Chris Gordon wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 08:48:28PM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote:
> > How do I install a local rpm package? It is in my HD, and the documentation 
> > about handling packages does not tell me how to do it. Thanks.
> 
> rpm -ivh packagename.rpm
> 
A slightly better choice would be 
   rpm -Uvh packagename.rpm.
The U does an update if the package already is installed, and does an
install if it is not.