Installing and Using RPMs (n00b)

[DynaWerx]

I am rather new to much of this and would like to see if somebody could explain the process behind installing and using RPMs via WHM. Some questions I have at this point are:

1.) Is it really as easy as selecting an RPM from the list in WHM and clicking Go?

2.) Once installed, how do I access the program?

3.) Are these web-accessible programs or do they have to be called from other scripts?

I'm basically looking to use GNUcash, but at this point I'm not even sure if it is what I think it is. I had the impression that I could install it on my VPS and access it via the web. Am I even close?

Thanks in advance for helping out a dummy. :p

[charles]

I am rather new to much of this and would like to see if somebody could explain the process behind installing and using RPMs via WHM. Some questions I have at this point are:

1.) Is it really as easy as selecting an RPM from the list in WHM and clicking Go?

Yes. It's just a front end to rpm/yum

2.) Once installed, how do I access the program?

Exactly how you would if you had installed it on the commandline via rpm :)

3.) Are these web-accessible programs or do they have to be called from other scripts?

It depends on the program of course. Web based programs would be available if they are by default after installation and your firewall allows it.

I'm basically looking to use GNUcash, but at this point I'm not even sure if it is what I think it is. I had the impression that I could install it on my VPS and access it via the web. Am I even close?


No, this would require X (unless it has a web interface). There is no reason technically that you couldn't install and run X, but it's simply not a good idea. f you really want to install and run X apps, you can launch them over ssh if you run a local X server.

charles