[olug] question downloading packages

[Irv Cobb]

Francis Geiger wrote:

>I'm a newbie to Linux I am trying to use rpm to load gnomesword in my
>RedHat 8.0 system. This is my first foray in to rpm. I have a msg saying
>I need to load libsword.so.1  and I also found I need to load
>sword-1.5.3 as well.  Is this a normal situation when loading and
>installing packages with Linux? Do I download all these packages then
>install each of them in turn?  
>
I've found that rpmfind.org is very helpful in finding all these. Once 
you've DLed them, you can put them all in a directory, su and then urpmi *

Sometimes this will result in another package being needed. It can get 
old fast.

Sword is a good program, though. Worth the fuss to get it running.

Irv