Many books or free Linux tech support recommends downloading an RPM file using wget and installing it using rpm command. For example to install awstats rpm:

Go to /tmp directory
$ cd /tmp
Download awstats using wget
$ wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/awstats/awstats-6.5-1.noarch.rpm
Now install awstats
$ sudo rpm -ivh awstats*OR# rpm -ivh awstats*

To be frank you can skip all three steps with one command:
# rpm -ivh http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/awstats/awstats-6.5-1.noarch.rpm

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Download and install an RPM file on fly from ftp or http server

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