--- "David Palmer." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O.K., I'm trying to get on top of a few things here, > and am struggling > to find directions that make sense. > It's got to the point where I have actually got to > the point of starting > off a series of posts at an open source forum to > help out other newbies > like myself. > But even though I am able to find documentation that > will teach me the > basics of bash, I've looked all over the web for a > simple tutorial to > explain step by step procedure for download and > install of a basic > application. > 'Start the installation procedure', was the last > reference I copped, > without the faintest thread of logical explanation > about how one should > go about doing that. > I've downloaded the Gnupg application. I know it's > there because after > the end of the download the location is stated as > '/home/username/.opera/download', so at a prompt > I'll type:- > 'cd /home/username/.opera/download' > and I get echoed back to me:- ~/.opera/download$ > to check I type:- pwd > and get :-/.opera/download > echoed back again. So it's definitely there. But how > do I get to it, > install, and activate it? > What is the procedure now? > So the only other avenue that I haven't tried is a > book. > On the Debian site there is a list. Would anybody > who has read any of > these be good enough to recommend one that attempts > to communicate? > The Linux Cookbook. > DebianGNU/Linux Bible. > Learning Debian GNU/Linux. > Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation & Usage. > I should appreciate any response. > Regards, > > David.
I'm a quasi newbie to Debian also. I would reccommend that you learn all about apt-get. This is a Really Powerful Tool. To find if there is a Debian program of what you want to install do either a dselect update or a apt-get update. Then you can do a apt-cache search <program name> and that will show you all of the programs with that name in them. To find out what the program does you can do a apt-cache show <program name> and that will give you a description of the program. After you find the program that you want to install do a apt-get install <program name> and that should install the program and the required dependencies if any are required. HTH Don __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
