Install a package in linux

Install a package with RPM

[root@ofdev ~]# rpm –ivh openssl097a-0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1.s390.rpm



Update a package with RPM

[root@ofdev ~]#  rpm –Uvh openssl097a-0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1.s390.rpm



Install a package with tar files

tar xvf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.7.12-installer.tar