Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:23, mike wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:27, mike wrote: > >>Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > >>>I downloaded thunderbird - I thought. It downloaded to > >>> home/rosemary/tmp but when I went to tmp something called orbit was > >>> there. Download manager says thunderbird was downloaed. What has > >>> happened? > >>> > >>>Thanks > >>>Rosemary > >> > >>Which download manager did you use? > >> > >> > >>Mike > > > > The one in mozilla > > > > rosemary > > You can type about:config in the addressbar and scroll > down to a line that says > > browser.download.dir user set string/home/mike/tmp > > and at the end of the line is where you have it set to download to. > > > Mike I found a RPM and downloaded that - no problems with that, installed okay. Now it won't create a profile for me. So going through the FAQs at Thunderbird to trouble shoot. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:27, mike wrote: > >>Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: >> >>>I downloaded thunderbird - I thought. It downloaded to home/rosemary/tmp >>>but when I went to tmp something called orbit was there. Download >>>manager says thunderbird was downloaed. What has happened? >>> >>>Thanks >>>Rosemary >> >>Which download manager did you use? >> >> >>Mike > > > The one in mozilla > > rosemary > You can type about:config in the addressbar and scroll down to a line that says browser.download.dir user set string/home/mike/tmp and at the end of the line is where you have it set to download to. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 15 Feb 2005 11:17, riccardo wrote: > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 10:25 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Installing from RPM packages is much easier ~ > > ___ > > ~ to install, prolly as root, command :- > > rpm -Uvh > > . > > If, later, you wish to see what version you have installed, then, > command :- > > rpm -qa | grep > > best rgds > For the comfort of a gui - use Software Installer to see what's available to you. If you already have a Mandrake-prepared rpm that you want to install, just click on it and you should get the option to open it with Software Installer. Both methods use urpmi - far the safest method, as urpmi tracks what you have installed and all dependencies. 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) iD8DBQFCEdzukFAvMr/nNX8RAs0KAJ0Z+Mwt6h3I3C/WtvTMLRHAya1cAgCfdw/g LtGsdLq9qOfISbbLSD8Ad0U= =0J7h -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 10:25 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > Installing from RPM packages is much easier ~ ___ ~ to install, prolly as root, command :- rpm -Uvh . If, later, you wish to see what version you have installed, then, command :- rpm -qa | grep best rgds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 15:45, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > I downloaded thunderbird - I thought. It downloaded to home/rosemary/tmp > but when I went to tmp something called orbit was there. Download manager > says thunderbird was downloaed. What has happened? > > Thanks > Rosemary In Linux there are several ways to install applications. Mandrake uses 'RPM' packages. Volunteers create RPM packages of all the popular (and many unpopular) applications. Installing an RPM package is very simple. You just click on it using konqueror web browser. Installing from RPM packages is much easier than downloading applications from web sites, and an awful lot easier than compiling. One advantage of installing RPM packages is that you will get a menu entry, and will not be forever wondering where that package you installed is. It is also easy to *uninstall* RPM packages. To make things even easier you can define online software sources from which your system can fetch packages and install them on demand. This is what the 'easyurpmi' site you have been exploring allows you to do. Not mentioned on the easyurpmi page is another site maintained by a volunteer Charles Edwards (who often posts here). Charles' site contains RPM packages for many of the latest applications including firefox and thunderbird. If you add his his site to your download sources then installing Thunderbird (and Firefox) is a simple matter of typing their names into the search box in the Software Install GUI. Charles' site is here http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/ To add it to your online list, open a terminal, enter 'su' (without quotes), give the root password when asked, and then type urpmi.addmedia eslrahc http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/ with hdlist.cz (BTW: In Linux Copy/paste is highlight with mouse/Press mouse wheel) Your computer will download the list of available applications and you can then install them with the GUI. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
riccardo wrote: On Tuesday 15 February 2005 03:45 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Download manager says thunderbird was downloaed. What has happened? ___ ~ perhaps, it is handy to install : findutils-locate . . . that way, you could command : updatedb and, then, command : locate thunderbird best rgds _ Ahh... Yes, but If you want to find anything anywhere on a system, and I include other hard drives - etc, then using the updatedb command won't be of any use. I use slocate and the only way for me to see other file systems, including my dual booted WinMe, is to use "slocate -u" to compile / update the database. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 15 Feb 2005 06:28, riccardo wrote: > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 05:00 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > > Which download manager did you use? > > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > The one in mozilla > > > > a look at the default settings, might reveal the default destination of > downloaded files? > Moz uses the location that you last used for a download. If this is the first download it is probably somewhere in a moz directory. Try the 'find' command as recommended. Then, next time you download, check the location bar in Moz's download manager and change it to your preferred location. I use ~/tmp for this. 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) iD8DBQFCEa0+kFAvMr/nNX8RArzZAJ4oYijxAwOo2KNbYBN7LGysA2R09QCgmIGP 6hO/uYgRTpQitgB3cTpcT4g= =7YcH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
> > Rosemary, perhaps it is time you learned the "find" command. > > Open a command line window (konsole or Eterm or xterm or rxvt or gnuterm > or whatever), and type the following: > > find /home/rosemary -name \*thunderbird\* -print > > This will show you the location of anything containing the string > "thunderbird" within your home directory and all its subdirectories. > > I'm sure there are people who would invoke this command slightly > differently, but I'm set in my ways - I started using "find" on UNIX, so > my usage is perhaps archaic. It works, though. > > regards > Duncan Thank you. I have some printed documentation about konsole and command line and Rute Tutorial. Need to read and absorb! Will do the above thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:28, riccardo wrote: > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 05:00 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > > Which download manager did you use? > > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > The one in mozilla > > > > a look at the default settings, might reveal the default destination of > downloaded files? > > best rgds > Says it's in /home/rosemary/tmp but I don't see it there. regards Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:27, mike wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I downloaded thunderbird - I thought. It downloaded to home/rosemary/tmp but when I went to tmp something called orbit was there. Download manager says thunderbird was downloaed. What has happened? Which download manager did you use? The one in mozilla Rosemary, perhaps it is time you learned the "find" command. Open a command line window (konsole or Eterm or xterm or rxvt or gnuterm or whatever), and type the following: find /home/rosemary -name \*thunderbird\* -print This will show you the location of anything containing the string "thunderbird" within your home directory and all its subdirectories. I'm sure there are people who would invoke this command slightly differently, but I'm set in my ways - I started using "find" on UNIX, so my usage is perhaps archaic. It works, though. regards Duncan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
> > ~ perhaps, it is handy to install : > > findutils-locate > > . . . that way, you could command : updatedb > > and, then, command : locate thunderbird > > best rgds > _ Okay - I'll do that. Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 05:00 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > Which download manager did you use? > > > > > > Mike > > The one in mozilla a look at the default settings, might reveal the default destination of downloaded files? best rgds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 03:45 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > Download manager says > thunderbird was downloaed. What has happened? ___ ~ perhaps, it is handy to install : findutils-locate . . . that way, you could command : updatedb and, then, command : locate thunderbird best rgds _ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:27, mike wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > I downloaded thunderbird - I thought. It downloaded to home/rosemary/tmp > > but when I went to tmp something called orbit was there. Download > > manager says thunderbird was downloaed. What has happened? > > > > Thanks > > Rosemary > > Which download manager did you use? > > > Mike The one in mozilla rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > I downloaded thunderbird - I thought. It downloaded to home/rosemary/tmp but > when I went to tmp something called orbit was there. Download manager says > thunderbird was downloaed. What has happened? > > Thanks > Rosemary > Which download manager did you use? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
