Take a look at this:

[root@FabsBox cdrom]# cd Mandrake/RPMS/
[root@FabsBox RPMS]# rpm -e Hermes-1.3.2-2mdk.i586.rpm
error: package Hermes-1.3.2-2mdk.i586.rpm is not installed
[root@FabsBox RPMS]# rpm -ihv Hermes-1.3.2-2mdk.i586.rpm
package Hermes-1.3.2-2mdk is already installed
[root@FabsBox RPMS]#

Em... am I doing anything wrong or is my conclusion right: RPMs are a bit weird at times...
fabs

For installing a RPM I use

rpm -i rpmname.rpm

I got it installed afterall
KaGez helped me a bit:
It has to be rpm -e program and not rpm -e program.i386.rpm for uninstalling an old package.
fabs

A bit late , but here's a bit to learn for you guys :
rpm -ihv packagename.arch.rpm
This installs packages with a nice console based bar graph
rpm -U packagename.arch.rpm
This one Upgrades a package if a older version is on your sys . If there is none , it'll do the same like "# rpm -i packagename.arch.rpm"
rpm -e packagename
Watch this ... you mustn't put the .arch.rpm at the end ... if you do so you'll have the same problem like fabs had Btw , this command removes the rpm from your sys

This is the basic for RPMs =)
Hey , I should write a tutorial about this
[addsig]

he, yeah, you might wanna Cool tips!
fabs

ok , I'll do so , but gimme a break
I got MUCH MUCH things to write :
1. OpenGL tut (Chapter1 : 2D Rendering + Basics)
2. "Advanced Features of Bash"
3. RPM tut
4. XFree86 server tut

heh ...
ok , it's sorted by piriority , but I think that the 2nd Bash tut'll be out first , cuz it's written fast ... so maybe it'll take about half a month until you get your RPM tut ... [addsig]

ok , I'll do so , but gimme a break
I got MUCH MUCH things to write :
1. OpenGL tut (Chapter1 : 2D Rendering + Basics)
2. "Advanced Features of Bash"
3. RPM tut
4. XFree86 server tut

heh ...
ok , it's sorted by piriority , but I think that the 2nd Bash tut'll be out first , cuz it's written fast ... so maybe it'll take about half a month until you get your RPM tut ... [addsig]

Yeh, RPM *is* wierd...

Get yourself some apt-based distro:
Debian, Progeny, Storm, Libranet....

uuuhhhmmm ...
isn't progeny the new Debian thingie ?? btw , what's so special about it ?/ I still don't really get it
[addsig]

ummmm, this might sound REALLY stupid to u guys, but how do i get that console window up? like when in linux, where do i go to get the console window?

Kagez: Progeny is just a Debian-based distro, just like Storm, for example. I guess the only difference is that they have their own Debian 'stable' tree, that gets updates faster. That tree is called 'newton'. I dunno if it is on the debian servers, tho.

seb: in gnome, right click on the desktop, 'new terminal'

but it should be in your panel menu....
It's called Gnome-terminal.

Of, course, you can also hit 'CTRL+ALT+F1'...

i found it, its that little screen with the paw on it... well, i got linux running well now, but i still got some typical newbie problems... well, i was wondering, cuz when i click on sebastian's home on gnome, it brings me to the nautilus screen where there is like My computer that shows me the hardware i got, or it has the gimp, and so on... is it possible that i can customize it so it brings me to lets say a different folder?

then, i installed linus, and showed it to my dad, and he was like WOW, he thought linux was something similar to dos, like all text based... and he sat down, and i showed him Gnumeric, and he has been working with microsoft excel for like lots of years, and he sat down, and typed in some numbers and formulas, and he was like: this is exactly like excel! and he opened up the powerpoint clone, the word clone, and every other clone linux has, and often, it has 2 clones of it.. like 2 exel programs, every one is diff... and then i showed him the games, he opened up his windows favorite, solitaire, and he said: this is better than in win, the graphics and the color is nicer, and he did like new game, and there is this list of like 100 different card games, and he is like WOW... he checked out some more games, then he like sat there for an hour just checking out every single piece of software...
then he asked me if i knew if most of the software, like if he typed something, or did something with spreadsheet in linux, if he could use it in windows.... i knew exactly that he was asking that if he had linux on his laptop, could he print it and stuff... well, family member successfully converted

hhmmm ... I want my dad to be that way too My dad always says that Linux sux and you can't work with it ..... I'll kick him for that one day
[addsig]