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i tried the 'rpm -i ...' and get the message 'only packages major number &lt;=2 is supported by this version of RPM, does this mean that i need to download new version RPM first? though the telnet rpm file is telnet-0.10-2-i386.rpm, which number is major number here? and if i download new RPM can i use old rpm command to install it?<br />

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i tried the 'rpm -i ...' and get the message 'only packages major number <=2 is supported by this version of RPM, does this mean that i need to download new version RPM first? though the telnet rpm file is telnet-0.10-2-i386.rpm, which number is major number here? and if i download new RPM can i use old rpm command to install it?


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i downloaded telnet package from redhat web site but can't find instructions about how to install it, i don't know if it possible to use RPM though the downloaded file is with .rpm suffix(telnet-0.10-2.src.r<wbr />pm) and where is the best directory to install it?
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i downloaded telnet package from redhat web site but can't find instructions about how to install it, i don't know if it possible to use RPM though the downloaded file is with .rpm suffix(telnet-0.10-2.src.rpm) and where is the best directory to install it?

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