On Fri, 04 Feb 2000, rajput g v be comp 56 wrote: > hi, > how to install packages and games from CD's on linux.do these > software have to be linux - dependent. > on window's u just have to press install ,but what about linux??? > That depends on which distro you use and what the software archive sort is. Redhat for example uses RPM's in short if you have a distribution cd from Redhat and want to install something which was not installed initialy, typicly you would do; mount /mnt/cdrom cd /mnt/cdrom/Redhat/RPMS rpm -i filename.rpm If you use Slackware; mount /mnt/cdrom Now type pkgtool For more information check out the archives at; http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Linux/47/0 Use the search engine there to find a "Keyword" Another good place for info; http://www.linuxtopia.com > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
