Apr 11, 2005 #1 A asemnor Junior Member level 3 Joined Mar 8, 2005 Messages 27 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 1,509 What is the difference between tarbals and rpm and how do we install them
Apr 11, 2005 #2 I |IAngel| Member level 3 Joined Jan 26, 2005 Messages 57 Helped 4 Reputation 8 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,286 Activity points 852 Tarballs are just a tar (compressed) file. You have to extract them and run their install scripts to install them. RPMs are binaries that your system can unpack and install for you to save you the effort (EX: Yast in SUSE). If you are running any major distro (SUSE, RH, Mandrake, etc) then you can get the RPMs and save yourself the extra work ^_^
Tarballs are just a tar (compressed) file. You have to extract them and run their install scripts to install them. RPMs are binaries that your system can unpack and install for you to save you the effort (EX: Yast in SUSE). If you are running any major distro (SUSE, RH, Mandrake, etc) then you can get the RPMs and save yourself the extra work ^_^