Re: [newbie] Installing after installing
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Doug Roberts wrote: | Hi All | | Thanks to all for all the help...as for Ernie my comments follow... | | On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Doug Roberts wrote: | | I was wondering how it is possible to install applications from the | CD after | | installing Linux? | | I installed Mandrake 6.1 and chose not to install things like Gnome | and | | Samba. Now I would like to install these packages, do I have to go | back to | | the CD and run install from there, or is there a command line (Yes | I'm an | | old MS-Dos user...:-) ) commmand to use that installs application | packages? | | | | Doug Roberts | | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |-- | -- | | - | | Murphy's rule of combat: Incoming fire has right of way. | | rpm is the RedHat Package Manager and it is included with Mandrake. To | learn | about rpm, read the rpm HOW-TO, or use "man rpm" from a command line (No | Quotes). | | I've been reading all I could get in teh HOW-TO sections for the last 3 | months. It's been a struggle with this small monitor I have (my real 17" | monitor is in the shop under warranty repair). | | | IIRC the command line is | | rpm -Uvh filename.rpm. | | U=update package - installes or updates packages | v=verbose output - more detailed explanations | h=use 50 hash marks to indicate install/update progress | | AH HAH!!! Somebody finally explained the switches. Thank you.thank you. | I couldn't find the syntax explained in anything I've read yet. | | You need to have the CD-ROM mounted when you try to use rpm with the files | on | the CD. | | FYI, the folder on the CD should be | | /CD mount folder/Mandrake/RPMS/filename.rpm. | | You will neen to include the path information so rpm can locate the file | to be | installed. | | Something else I've missed in all my reading or maybe I read it and haven't | gotten it pounded into my brain enough...just how do you know which is an | executable and which are accessory files to the executable? In dos/win there | is .exe, .dll, .txt etc. and it is easy to tell which does which. | | | HTH, | | Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | If you use the KDE desktop as I do, you can hover the mouse cursor over a file's icon in kfm (filemanager), and the file type will be listed in the status bar at the bottom of the display. From the command line, it is listed in the permissions of a "ls -al" (no quotes) display. I do not know how to read the listing, because I use the GUI too much, and so I neglect the command line (shame on me). HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Best of the new millenium to you and yours.
Re: [newbie] Installing after installing
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Doug Roberts wrote: | I was wondering how it is possible to install applications from the CD after | installing Linux? | I installed Mandrake 6.1 and chose not to install things like Gnome and | Samba. Now I would like to install these packages, do I have to go back to | the CD and run install from there, or is there a command line (Yes I'm an | old MS-Dos user...:-) ) commmand to use that installs application packages? | | Doug Roberts | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | - | Murphy's rule of combat: Incoming fire has right of way. rpm is the RedHat Package Manager and it is included with Mandrake. To learn about rpm, read the rpm HOW-TO, or use "man rpm" from a command line (No Quotes). IIRC the command line is rpm -Uvh filename.rpm. U=update package - installes or updates packages v=verbose output - more detailed explanations h=use 50 hash marks to indicate install/update progress You need to have the CD-ROM mounted when you try to use rpm with the files on the CD. FYI, the folder on the CD should be /CD mount folder/Mandrake/RPMS/filename.rpm. You will neen to include the path information so rpm can locate the file to be installed. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Installing after installing
Hi All Thanks to all for all the help...as for Ernie my comments follow... On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Doug Roberts wrote: | I was wondering how it is possible to install applications from the CD after | installing Linux? | I installed Mandrake 6.1 and chose not to install things like Gnome and | Samba. Now I would like to install these packages, do I have to go back to | the CD and run install from there, or is there a command line (Yes I'm an | old MS-Dos user...:-) ) commmand to use that installs application packages? | | Doug Roberts | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- | - | Murphy's rule of combat: Incoming fire has right of way. rpm is the RedHat Package Manager and it is included with Mandrake. To learn about rpm, read the rpm HOW-TO, or use "man rpm" from a command line (No Quotes). I've been reading all I could get in teh HOW-TO sections for the last 3 months. It's been a struggle with this small monitor I have (my real 17" monitor is in the shop under warranty repair). IIRC the command line is rpm -Uvh filename.rpm. U=update package - installes or updates packages v=verbose output - more detailed explanations h=use 50 hash marks to indicate install/update progress AH HAH!!! Somebody finally explained the switches. Thank you.thank you. I couldn't find the syntax explained in anything I've read yet. You need to have the CD-ROM mounted when you try to use rpm with the files on the CD. FYI, the folder on the CD should be /CD mount folder/Mandrake/RPMS/filename.rpm. You will neen to include the path information so rpm can locate the file to be installed. Something else I've missed in all my reading or maybe I read it and haven't gotten it pounded into my brain enough...just how do you know which is an executable and which are accessory files to the executable? In dos/win there is .exe, .dll, .txt etc. and it is easy to tell which does which. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[newbie] Installing after installing
I was wondering how it is possible to install applications from the CD after installing Linux? I installed Mandrake 6.1 and chose not to install things like Gnome and Samba. Now I would like to install these packages, do I have to go back to the CD and run install from there, or is there a command line (Yes I'm an old MS-Dos user...:-) ) commmand to use that installs application packages? Doug Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Murphy's rule of combat: Incoming fire has right of way.
Re: [newbie] Installing after installing
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:18:13 -0600, Doug Roberts wrote: I was wondering how it is possible to install applications from the CD after installing Linux? I installed Mandrake 6.1 and chose not to install things like Gnome and Samba. Now I would like to install these packages, do I have to go back to the CD and run install from there, or is there a command line (Yes I'm an old MS-Dos user...:-) ) commmand to use that installs application packages? I'm currently using Mandrake 6.0, and though I'm comfortable with my DOS ad OS/2 command-line stuff, I find that just navigating the CD, and clicking on an RPM, is a whole lot easier than installing from a command line. In short, just browse the CD tree, and go to the RPMS directory, from there, you just click and the KDE or GNOME packager will do the rest! cheers, Elton Woo ([EMAIL PROTECTED] / ICQ #:9984432) Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." I use IBM's OS/2 WARP 4.0 Red Hat Linux 6.0: I do NOT use Microsoft products. Randomly generated tagline follows: ** TagIt/2 v2.0.1 ** ... I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.
Re: [newbie] Installing after installing
Fomr the command line you would type:
rpm -Uvh /path/to/rpm/rpm-name.rpm
++ /12/99, Elton Woo:
On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:18:13 -0600, Doug Roberts wrote:
I was wondering how it is possible to install applications from the CD after
installing Linux?
I installed Mandrake 6.1 and chose not to install things like Gnome and
Samba. Now I would like to install these packages, do I have to go back to
the CD and run install from there, or is there a command line (Yes I'm an
old MS-Dos user...:-) ) commmand to use that installs application packages?
I'm currently using Mandrake 6.0, and though I'm comfortable with
my DOS ad OS/2 command-line stuff, I find that just navigating the CD, and clicking on
an RPM, is a whole lot easier than installing from a command line. In short, just
browse the CD tree, and go to the RPMS directory, from there, you just click
and the KDE or GNOME packager will do the rest!
cheers,
Elton Woo ([EMAIL PROTECTED] / ICQ #:9984432) Montreal, Quebec, CANADA.
"You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other."
I use IBM's OS/2 WARP 4.0 Red Hat Linux 6.0: I do NOT use Microsoft products.
Randomly generated tagline follows:
** TagIt/2 v2.0.1 **
... I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.
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Re: [newbie] Installing after installing
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 12:50:37 +1100, Des Wass wrote: Fomr the command line you would type: rpm -Uvh /path/to/rpm/rpm-name.rpm Thank you. I'm S_L_O_W_L_Y learning Linux commands, though I have The Linux Bible. I confess to be more inclined to using the GUI (KDE or GNOME), as it's much easier for me (at this level of my expertise with linux). cheers, Elton Woo ([EMAIL PROTECTED] / ICQ #:9984432) Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. "You only live once, so let's make life easier for each other." I use IBM's OS/2 WARP 4.0 Red Hat Linux 6.0: I do NOT use Microsoft products. Randomly generated tagline follows: ** TagIt/2 v2.0.1 ** ... A "Just Peace" is when our side got whatever it was that it wanted.
