for install RPMS From the CD first mount the cd of linux Type the command Mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/ cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/ Then type the commnad to insatll sotware in 1 shot, so u want get the error messages of dependencies /RPMS#rpm -Uvh m4-1.4-12.i386.rpm dev86-0.14.9-1.i386.rpm bison-1.28-1.i386.rpm byacc-1.9-11.i386.rpm cdecl-2.5-9.i386.rpm cpp-1.1.2-24.i386.rpm cproto-4.6-2.i386.rpm ctags-3.2-1.i386.rpm egcs-1.1.2-24.i386.rpm ElectricFence-2.1-1.i386.rpm flex-2.5.4a-7.i386.rpm gdb-4.18-4.i386.rpm kernel-headers-2.2.12-20.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.1.2-11.i386.rpm make-3.77-6.i386.rpm patch-2.5-9.i386.rpm Dhanraj