How to open .rpm's in linux

[h4ck3r]

All guyz here pl tell me how to run .rpm files. I have wine.rpm and a patch for xmms player to run mp3 files , but i dunno how to execute the rpm files.Pl help me

[Ricky]

RPM in linux are like .exe setup files of windows which are there to make  installing an application easier . You can simply double click an rpm file and then system (say Redhat or fedora or mandrake) will first check its dependency , if every thing is fine then it will be installed.

You can also install via command line that is rpm -ivh <packagename>