On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote: > >> If you could help me on finding packages for downloading and >> installing them in my home directory, that would be very helpful. >> > You can try using 'rpm --prefix ~/ rpmfile' if you want that... > >> I also find the following link on how to run rpm in my home directory. >> Does it work for my problem? >> >> http://www.techonthenet.com/linux/build_rpm.php >> > > That is for building rpms...not installing them. > > > What packages are you looking for? I am looking for some user level packages, such as icewm, openoffice.