ok...tar, gz and such are handled by the "tar" command...do "man tar " from the command line ..

on the rpm command as posted earlier...if the package is already installed and u are upgrading it...u will have to use "rpm -Uvh package name also recommend you read "man rpm"

If you are a GUI type...RH comes with a couple of X-based package managers.

Also..to try to solve ur LILO/GRUB problems....use "linuxconf" look for the boot settings page and don't feel bad about using the help buttons...they are sometimes useful.


one last recommend for ya....www.linuxnewbie.org

good luck.