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On Friday 03 November 2006 12:52, Neil Winchurst wrote: > I looked for them in Adept but they are not there either. I know that I > can download the RPM files but again there does not seem to be any > program around for installing them. I have the Ark program which will > handle extracting compressed files, but what about installing them > afterwards? Just noticed the mention of rpm there. I would suggest avoiding rpms in Kubuntu. It *is* possible to use rpm packages in Kubuntu, by using something called alien, but it is likely to result in failure. Either go for the packages from the repositories for Ubuntu, or build from source. Rpm is the package format for Mandiva, RedHat and SUSE for example, whereas for *buntu and Debian based distros, it is .deb Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html