Linda & Mike wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I'm Linda and I am almost brand new to Linux.
> 
> I have downloaded files off the Internet and I want to install them.  I
> need a step-by-step intro into what I do when I want to install.
> For instance, I download the files while on my own user account.  Now what
> is the next step.  All the instructions in the books seem to over-simplify
> the steps and, I am probably missing something obvious, but they don't work.

It's going to depend on what their filenames are.

If they're <something>.rpm, you can put them into your system by logging
in as root, changing to your user's home directory (cd ~<username>), and
typing 'rpm -Uvh <something>.rpm>'.

If they're <something>.tar.gz files, they're possibly source code,
possibly executable code.  We'd need to know more about them in that
case...

Short answer?  "Depends"

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Steve Philp
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