Op Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:12:49 +0000 schreef dave needham: >hi all,hopeing some one can help me please.im a new user to linux >migrating from winxp and i will not be going back.im using the >official mandrake linux 10.0. i need to learn the best way to dwnload >soft ware to my pc.i mean where is the easiest place on the pc to put >them and i also whant to learn how to extract them to a directory and >be able to get them to work. this should keep some one buisy to >explain. thanks to all that helps....
Not sure what 'the best way' is, but when I download tar.gz etc files I just stick them in $HOME/download which I made for that. Then I untar the files (tar xfzv for tar.gz-files and tar xfiv for .bz2-files), change to the directory that is made and run ./configure (and hope all libs are present ;-) ./make su (enter root password when prompted) make exit (back to user-shell) $HOME/download is also the place that I put downloaded RPM's in. They are installable from just about anywhere. Just remember to become root (run the su-command) before you attempt to install an RPM-file. Hope this helps a bit. Paul -- War is the terrorism of the rich; terrorism is the war of the poor. - Peter Ustinov http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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