-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 17:39, Paul wrote: > 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. > I'm not disagreeing with any of this, except to say that it is not necessary for most things. RPMs prepared for Mandrake are a better way where they are available. Where they aren't, then the above instructions should help.
Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB8pJ9kFAvMr/nNX8RArFKAJsFOCGDzSsKiWkCssvUrYLfRdR2fQCgmH6m BmZu7kAQgRYa4n8mnJdMViM= =Y9uk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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