[plug] putty for Red Hat Linux 7.3

[Bret Busby]

I need to use putty.

In searching the Internet for a putty RPM for Red Hat Linux 7.3, the 
only site with RPM's that I found, was at 
http://dag.wieers.com/packages/putty

I have gone to that web site, and to other websites that have his putty; 
putty.0.54-1.rh73.dag.i386.rpm

I have downloaded the RPM, after problems from one of the sites, 
requiring a real audio plugin (to download an RPM?) and, having managed 
to download the RPM file, I could not install it.

gnorpm crashed repeatedly with an authorisation error (1974, I think, 
from memory), and, when I tried to use the command line rpm installer; 
rpm -i <package name>, an error was returned;
"error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/puttygen; <hex 
number that changes each time - assumed to be memory location>:cpio: 
read"

I was referred to the planetmirror ftp site, at 
ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.3/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS

I cannot find putty on that web page, and I do not know whether some 
package with another name, contains putty. Also, the files on that web 
page, appear to be dated up to April 2002, a couple of years ago, and my 
system was last updated in about January, I think, when a new kernel for 
RH 7.3, was released.

Does anyone have any helpful advice, as to how I can get putty up and 
running on my system?

Thanks in anticipation.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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