* Charles R. Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-04-07 12:19]: [...] > Why are there so many different installation technics? rpm, .run, tar.gz, > .bin.
different strokes for different distros... There are MANY different distributions who think that their way is better. > I mean right there on the website it tells you how to do it, > followed the commands exactly, and it (shell program) says that the > file/directory doesn't exist. Maybe (probably) I'm missing something > here. Definitely. The first is to use rpms when using an rpm based system which openSUSE is (unless you *really* know what you are doing). > if the program is "install-realplayer10gold.bin" for instance, > The file is in /home/(username), I'm in the directory /home/(username), > do a dir and the file is there, I issue the command(s) that is/are > listed on the website for this program, what else am I suppose to be > doing? You are supposed to be using the RealPlayer rpm provided on your openSUSE dvd/cd or from one of the openSUSE repositories. > I su'd because that is required to install a program. hmmm? usually. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
