Once upon a time, Manfred wrote :
> I would like to install RPM itself. I have tried to get the information
> by visiting www.rpm.org <http://www.rpm.org>  and the related links they
> give but they all seems to assume that RPM already is installed.
> I have a firewall based on linux-2.2.20 (Smoothwall) for private use.
> I would like to install the RPM package/program but there is no
> information how to do this from scratch.
> Found this site and hopefully some have the knowledge.
> Best regards Manfred Grobosch
Well, you can simply use an rpm tarball (or extract one from a source rpm
on a machine that has rpm scripts install "rpm2cpio <file.src.rpm> | cpio
-dimv" and "./configure && make && make install" as usual. You need db3 or
db4 development files at least, and once everything installed you'll need
to initialize your rpm database.
If you need more help, I suggest you join the rpm-list@redhat.com by
subscribing at https://listman.redhat.com/
Matthias
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