Marc Indekeu wrote:
>
> It's perhabs also a good to add /usr/local/bin to your PATH variable in
> /etc/profile because a lot of tar ball's install by default their bin's in
> /usr/local/bin. Another alternative is to do a ./configure --prefix=/usr, in
> that case the bin's go in /usr/bin, everything gets prefixed with /usr
> instead of /usr/local. You can try a ./configure --help | more to see all te
> options.
>
> marc
>
> >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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> >
also I think it's "q" when the man page stops and you have the plain
" : " at the end of the page
