On Tuesday 18 January 2005 20:13, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Tuesday 18 January 2005 17:41, Andy Yankovich wrote: > > I would like to install 2 third-party commercial software items. > > One is Forte-Agent 2.0 from an internet download; the other is an > > almost 1 GB program on a CD - Logos Libronix Bible Software. > > Is there a way I can do this on Linux? Is the method included in > > MDK manuals anywhere? Thank you for your help. > > Andy > > Aren't these Windows applications? > > While it is possible to run some Windows applications under Linux using > 'Wine' to provide an adaptation layer between Linux and Windows apps, you > will find it much easier to simply find an equivalent application written > for Linux. > > Good resources to find Linux apps are SourceForge http://sourceforge.net/ > and Freshmeat http://freshmeat.net/ as well as www.google.com/linux/ > > Having identified an application you would like to try you should then > search for a Mandrake RPM package of it before resorting to compiling the > application yourself. > In many cases you will discover that the application is already on your CDs > or available in online sources such as the 'contrib' folder on any Mandrake > mirror site. > > derek
You could try bibletime. It's included in the 10.1 PowerPack cd's. Click on "configure your computer": you will be asked for your root password. Click on "Software management" and then on ""Install"; choose bibletime.en and accept all dependencies. -- Pablo Ortúzar
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