Simple but impossible problem:ppponATM,winmodem and Red Hat

[Gianluca Impei]

Dear Friends,
I am a Italian newbie of Linux release so I need of a your consulence.
I'm using an ISP that uses the ppp on ATM protocol and besides I having a winmodem with Conexant chipset(in particular the hsf chipset,is I dont mistaking!).
My problem is: how can I install these files in my O.S.
The d4rive is a .gz execuble file(In theory: after I will decompress it I should install itself...the way?Which command?...My panic is the line command!!!!!!!!!)
In the second case:I have the file in .RPM package version!
Can you teach me the way to install a software , a .RPM file on a R.H.version,particularly the 9 th vers??????
Thanking you for your reply I wait it from now untill it will arrive!

Bye-bye Gianluca from Rome,smiling and...hopening!!!

[CrashedAgain]

Dear Friends,
I am a Italian newbie of Linux release so I need of a your consulence.
I'm using an ISP that uses the ppp on ATM protocol and besides I having a winmodem with Conexant chipset(in particular the hsf chipset,is I dont mistaking!).
My problem is: how can I install these files in my O.S.
The d4rive is a .gz execuble file(In theory: after I will decompress it I should install itself...the way?Which command?...My panic is the line command!!!!!!!!!)
In the second case:I have the file in .RPM package version!
Can you teach me the way to install a software , a .RPM file on a R.H.version,particularly the 9 th vers??????
Thanking you for your reply I wait it from now untill it will arrive!

Bye-bye Gianluca from Rome,smiling and...hopening!!!

To install an rpm file on a Debian system, first convert it to a .deb packge using alien:
alien -d <package>
then install the package with dpkg:
dpkg -i <path and package name>

Hope this helps.