# Installing programs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/installing-programs/150963>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 12, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/installing-programs/150963 "2005-06-12T06:33:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![frozenRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@frozenRage](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/frozenRage)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/installing-programs/150963/1 "2005-06-12T06:33:50Z")

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ok, how on earth do you install an rpm or watevr on suse linux? this has really got me annoyed atm coz i would rather not have to compile absolutly everything but i cant seem to figure out how to use rpm’s.

just in case you were wondering i only started using it today 😛