3 ways.
or at least 3 ways i know of
if your in x windows,
1:- rpmdrake
there should be an icon for RPMDrake (you'll need root
password/rites),
if it's a cd, the menu option on the far right that isn't help and
whos name i cant rember,
well click on it, then update, and then instalation.
this will update the lists of rpm's on the cd.
click the icon with two circular arrows this will change you between
what you have installed and what you have on the cd.
you should see a list of available files. select the one you want
and click the install button (bottom right)
2:- kpackager, archive
if you have installed kpackager/archive then you
can select the file from the directory this should bring up an
instalation manager,
it should be fairly obvious what to do from either kpackager or
archive.
3: rpm from the command line.
you can also install from the command line.
the instalation general systax is
rpm -i filename
if you need to install somthing other than a tar/rpm eg a deb file
it's probably a good idea to install alien first, and convert the pagkage to
a rpm.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Simmonds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 06 April 2000 13:01
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot Manager
>
>
> Hi.
> Help. I have just installed Linux mandrake 7.0 Can someone
> tell me how the
> hell you install any software. ie Star office 5.1 PLEASE
>
> Thanks Adrian.
>
> Mark Ward wrote:
>
> > I'm attempting to install Mandrake Linux 7.02 and want to
> run it through
> > BootMagic 1.0 that came with PartitionMagic 4.0
> >
> > My setup is as follows:
> >
> > I have two physical hard drives in my computer. The first
> drive has two
> > primary partitions and one extended partition divided into 5 logical
> > partitions. The first partition contains Windows 98 Second
> Edition, the
> > second partition contains Windows 2000. The second drive
> has one primary
> > partition and one extended partition divided into one
> logical partition. On
> > the second drive I have installed Linux to the primary
> partition which I
> > believe is listed as hdb1.
> >
> > When I installed Linux I installed the bootmanager and
> pointed it to the
> > partition hdb1. Read it in here somewhere that this was the
> thing to do. .
> > Now when I boot to Linux using BootMagic the screen
> flickers madly and the
> > printer prints out the screen contents much like someone is
> sitting there
> > pressing [Print Screen].
> >
> > I can boot Linux using the floppy disk I created and it
> works great. What
> > I'd like to be able to do is boot into Linux using
> BootMagic. Can someone
> > detail the steps involved from the beginning to achieve this.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > If I throw a cat out the car window is that considered to
> be Kitty Litter?
>
