RPM will ONLY install *.RPM files. If you have a "tar.gz" or "tgz" file,
you'll need to untar and unzip it. The way *I* do it (which is a "shortcut")
is "tar -xzvf <filename.tgz>" This unzips it and places what's unzipped and
unpacked into a sub-directory under the current directory.
>From there, you'll either need to compile the software or run the install
script (there should be a read.me, README or something similar in there to
tell you which.)
If you don't know how to compile a program, there SHOULD be some
instructions in there. *GENERALLY* speaking you run ./configure, then make,
make install and then make clean (to clean up the "binaries" that are left
by the make and not cleaned up by "make install.")
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Whitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 12:19 AM
Subject: [newbie] Man ?
> How do you move around in the mans? I was in one and I could not figure
out
> how to exit without exiting the Konsole. Also where do you send downloads
like
> Corell WP? Do you download to /home/xxx and then copy it to /user/local?
How
> do you install? Will RPM install downloads or do you have to do that from
a
> shell?
>
> Thanks
> Don
>
>
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