To install new packages, choose Install from the toolbar. A new window will open, revealing a space for new packages to be installed. Remember, however, that you must be logged in as root to install, upgrade and uninstall.

Choose the Add button. By default, GnoRPM will search in /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS for new packages. (You can find this option in the Interface tab of the Preferences dialog. See the Configuration section for more information on this feature.) If no packages are available in the default path, you'll be presented with an Add Packages window from which you can select the appropriate location of your new package.

To choose an item, double-click on it with your left mouse button, or click on the Add button. The selected package(s) will be added to the Install window. You can also install more than one package in the same manner; each selection will be added to the Install window.

In addition to choosing to install the packages from within the Install window, you can install after performing a query on the selected package. Click on Query, which will open the Package Info window. Here, you can find a variety of details about the file(s) you've selected to install. Information will include the origination of the package, the date it was built, its size and more.

Within this Package Info window, you have the option of installing or upgrading packages: If the package has not been installed on your system, you'll find an Install button at the bottom of the window.

If the package already exists on your system and you're querying a newer release, the Package Info window provides an Upgrade button, which will perform an upgrade to newer releases.

You can also ``drag and drop'' packages from GNOME Midnight Commander File Manager and place them into the Install window. To accomplish this, open the file manager (for example, by going to the GNOME Panel, clicking on the GNOME footprint and opening the File Manager menu). Locate the directory in which your packages can be found, click on the directory in the tree menu on the left. In the display window to the right, left-click on the package name and, when it's highlighted, ``drag'' the file by keeping your finger pressed on the mouse button, releasing the pressure (and the package) once you're over the Install window.

You'll see a progress indicator when your package is being installed.