Re: [cobalt-users] PGP on RaQ4

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Nick Kerr" <kac11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We'd like to install PGP on Raq4 for use across several virtual sites and
> have downloaded PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar - however, this will not
> extract with tar (doesn't think file is tar) .. anyone done this
> successfully? or any alternatives?

I second Brent's suggestion of GnuPG.

> Also, as newbie, I'm not sure 1) where I should put this when extracting
the
> files 2) if I switch to su before I perform rpm .. any step by step advice
> would be gratefully received

The download location of an RPM isn't important.  In fact, you can run RPM
against external RPM files directly.  I prefer to unpack source code to a
consistent location so that source code for all installed programs is in the
same location.  This makes it easy to revisit source code (if I don't delete
it after installation), complete in-progress installs and avoid backing up
my source code directory for systems I run custom backup scripts on.  FYI,
when unpacking source code, most programs automatically create a directory
within the current working directory and place the code there, but keep in
mind that once in a blue moon the distribution won't create a directory
first.

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