On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Jay Shah wrote:
> Dear People,
> I have successfully installed and run RH Linux 5.2 with kernel
>2.2.0-0.7. I have tried to install KDE & GNOME from PCQ CD's as well as CHIP CD's but
>in vain. I am a newbie to LINUX and have no idea on installation issues.
> All i know is to give a 'rpm -ivh <file>.rpm command to an RPM
>file. I would also like it if you would help me out on the command used to install
>tar.gz & tgz files. I know the command is 'tar' but do not know wot the options to
>give.
> I have tried various permutations and combinations of the same
>with the switches available , but to no effect. Hope to hear from you soon.
>
> [P.S. : - Please dont tel me to refer to 'man <command>' coz i have already tried it
>and wudn't be mailing ya otherwise]
>
>
>
Regarding kde and gnome installations you should tell if you are getting
any error messages, and what they are.
A tar archive can be extracted using `tar xvf archive.tar'.
If the file is *.tgz format, you can either uncompress the file first, to
get the *.tar file, and then use the above command to get the files
extracted. You can also use `tar zxvf *.tgz', which does both the steps
in one go.
If you find `man tar' very difficult to understand, you can try
`info tar'. If you donot know how to use info command and brouse online
manuals then try using `info info' on the command line.
The reason why people sometimes refer to man pages is that, for most of
the questions asked the answers are available online. If we wish to live
with linux, why not learn how to get help from the online help systems.
Nagarjuna
