I have a file with a .rpm extension that I need to install on redhat. I'm guessing pkgadd would do the trick but it can't find pkgadd anywhere on the system, I did a type, a whereis, a which, no luck.

Hmm, does your script allow installation to a particular path? RPM requires that a package be able to build/install itself within the /usr/src/redhat tree during the ...

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