[newbie] Packages Installer

2004-07-06 Thread EE
Guys/Gals I Installed freetype-1.3.1-20mdk.i586.rpm* I got few error but later I lost my menu System|Configuration|Packages|Install Package Any idea Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Packages Installer

2004-07-06 Thread John Rye
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 17:32:28 +0300 EE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys/Gals I Installed freetype-1.3.1-20mdk.i586.rpm* I got few error but later I lost my menu System|Configuration|Packages|Install Package Any idea 'update-menus -v -n' (without the quotes) as root and user Cheers John nz

Re: [newbie] Packages Installer

2004-07-06 Thread eric jackson
- Original Message - From: EE [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: [newbie] Packages Installer Guys/Gals I Installed freetype-1.3.1-20mdk.i586.rpm* I got few error but later I lost my menu System|Configuration|Packages

Re: [newbie] Packages Installer

2004-07-06 Thread EE
On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 18:19, eric jackson wrote: - Original Message - From: EE [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: [newbie] Packages Installer Guys/Gals I Installed freetype-1.3.1-20mdk.i586.rpm* I got few error

Re: [newbie] Packages Installer

2004-07-06 Thread Matt Warden
'update-menus -v -n' (without the quotes) as root and user Out of curiosity, what is the -n switch for? I did not see anything in the manpage. While trying it out, it seemed to create some different output to stdout, but that could have been because I was trying it out as a non-root user.

Re: [newbie] Packages Installer

2004-07-06 Thread John Rye
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:22:03 -0400 Matt Warden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'update-menus -v -n' (without the quotes) as root and user Out of curiosity, what is the -n switch for? I did not see anything in the manpage. While trying it out, it seemed to create some different output to stdout,

Re: [newbie] packages

2001-12-14 Thread Mark Weaver
Stojs wrote: Is there anywhere I can find help on each package in mandrake 8.1? Here you advice people to use different packages that I know nothing about and sometimes even understand nothing of. It´s a bit embarrasing to get a good answer to a question and immediately come back saying I

Re: [newbie] packages

2001-12-14 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:59:47 +0100 Stojs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there anywhere I can find help on each package in mandrake 8.1? Here you advice people to use different packages that I know nothing about and sometimes even understand nothing of. It´s a bit embarrasing to get a good

Re: [newbie] packages

2001-12-14 Thread Michael Viron
If you want a DIY approach a good place to start is kpackage. This will list all the rpms installed on your system divided into cats. When you select an rpm a short describe is given as to what the app does, any depends it has and what other pkgs it provides. Another starting place would be to

Re: [newbie] packages

2001-12-14 Thread Michael Viron
tarball. Early on the biggest problem I sometimes had with .rpm's was trying to find out just where the script was putting the actual executable. Mark, 'rpm -ql packagename' comes to mind--it tells you what files are in a package and where they are. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux

[newbie] packages how to open?

2001-04-10 Thread phil
how do you open after i download on windows I reboot to Linux and then go to /mount/windowsand then transfer the file to Linux then cannot open the package Is there something similar to .exe in windowz?

[newbie] Packages

2000-06-13 Thread Robert F. Trettel
Hi,All I have a question on packages that are on Linux. Is there a web site that gives details of what the package is and etc?? I would like to be able to know what to install and what I don't need. I think I am wasting space by taking everything that is offered in the install. This way I

Re: [newbie] Packages

2000-06-13 Thread flupke
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Robert F. Trettel wrote: Hi,All I have a question on packages that are on Linux. Is there a web site that gives details of what the package is and etc?? I would like to be able to know what to install and what I don't need. I think I am wasting space by taking

Re: [newbie] Packages

2000-06-13 Thread frank
i share your concern over the number of packages that seem to never be used...linux grew as an OS for programmers, system administrators, etc., and the major distributions include masses of "stuff" that holds no interest for those of us who do not live lives focused on our monitors...browsing

Re: [newbie] Packages

2000-06-13 Thread Fran Parker
sorry, frank...I really disagree with you, big time. the packages are a wonderful bundle of joy to me, those I don't use, I delete. If it is used by something else, it tells you. If you aren't sure, you leave it alone till you do. There have been many times when I found some interesting

Re: [newbie] Packages

2000-06-13 Thread Ed Tharp
frank wrote: i share your concern over the number of packages that seem to never be used...linux grew as an OS for programmers, system administrators, etc., and the major distributions include masses of "stuff" that holds no interest for those of us who do not live lives focused on our

Re: [newbie] Packages

2000-06-13 Thread Oliver L. Plaine Jr.
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 06:02:50 -0400, you wrote: I have a question on packages that are on Linux. Is there a web site that gives details of what the package is and etc?? I would like to be able to know what to install and what I don't need. I think I am wasting space by taking everything that

Re: [newbie] Packages

2000-06-13 Thread Piero
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 06:02:50 -0400, you wrote: I have a question on packages that are on Linux. Is there a web site that gives details of what the package is and etc?? I would like to be able to know what to install and what I don't need. I think I am

Re: [newbie] Packages

2000-06-13 Thread Fran Parker
Piero, Well said all around. I couldn't agree more. You are right about some place to find out what all those terms and programs are, it would be nice to have something like that all in one neat package somewhere. In the meantime thought, we really already have one... it is online through any

[newbie] packages

1999-11-01 Thread Karen M. Heiby
Hi, I uninstalled Mandrake Update because of the problem I had. I'd like to reinstall it--can someone give me the name of the package on my first CD? Here's another question: When I use Kpackage to find a file, I get two errors: Kprocess error: Can't start dpkg Kprocess error: Cann't

Re: [newbie] packages

1999-11-01 Thread Steve Philp
"Karen M. Heiby" wrote: Hi, I uninstalled Mandrake Update because of the problem I had. I'd like to reinstall it--can someone give me the name of the package on my first CD? Strangely enough, you'll find it as MandrakeUpdate :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging

Re: [newbie] packages

1999-11-01 Thread Karen M. Heiby
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: "Karen M. Heiby" wrote: Hi, I uninstalled Mandrake Update because of the problem I had. I'd like to reinstall it--can someone give me the name of the package on my first CD? Here's another question: When I use Kpackage to find a file, I get

Re: [newbie] packages

1999-11-01 Thread Karen M. Heiby
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: "Karen M. Heiby" wrote: Hi, I uninstalled Mandrake Update because of the problem I had. I'd like to reinstall it--can someone give me the name of the package on my first CD? Strangely enough, you'll find it as MandrakeUpdate :) I looked for it on