Re: [newbie] a TAR OOPS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 19 Feb 2005 21:28, BJ Tracy wrote: > This is what you told me. > > On Wednesday 16 Feb 2005 13:27, BJ Tracy wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 23:53, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > > Where should all the files go so my gui will know where it is? > > > > > > > > Why don't you just get the rpm package throuh urpmi ? > > > > > > SNIP > > > > > > Where do you go for that? > > > > urpmi is the command line version of Software Installer. They both do > > the same job - locate the package you want and attempt to solve all > > dependency problems at the same time. If you have recently installed you > > may have only your CDs defined as sources. If that's so, you are missing > > a lot of good stuff. Some is more recent than the CDs, and some can't be > > offered by Mandrake because of licensing issues. To get these others is > > easy. > > There are two ways of getting the gui for this. Star menu > System > Configuration > Packaging > Software Media Manager or Mandrake Control Center (I have an icon added to my panel. If you right-click on a blank bit on the panel at the bottom of the screen, select Panel Menu, Add, then navigate as above and it will create the icon for you). From there, Software Management, then Media Manager. You will see there a list of the software sources that your system knows about. At the beginning, your CDs will be the only ones there. When you've seen what I'm talking about, close it down (you need to get rid of the lock file) then go to step 2. > > 1) Go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and select one source from each section. > > You will be given a long command to copy and paste into a root console. > > This will set up all those sources for you. > > OK - we'll call this step 2. Open a browser windows (Mozilla, FireFox, Konqueror) and put in the url www/easyurpmi.zarb.org. This will take you to a page where you will be helped to set up new, additional sources. Make sure that you have the right version in the first choice - 10.1, I presume. You'll find sections for Main, Contrib and a few others. In each case choose a mirror from the dropdown list. It's a good idea to choose mirrors that are not in your own timezone, as getting them in a quiet time speeds up downloads. Once you have chosen something from each section, click Go To Step 3 (I think that's the wording) and a black box will come up with a long piece of text. This is a set of commands. You can just copy them (mouse-highlight), then open a console (black screen icon on tray), Session > New Root Console) and paste in the whole of the commands you have just copied. It will take a few minutes, probably, for the commands to set themselves up completely, but you will be able to follow the messages where it tells you what it's doing. Once that is complete you will have access to a great many other packages. > > 2) Go to eslrahc.com, find the page for your version (10.1, I presume?) > > and again paste in the command given to add his site to your sources. > > Here there are lots of very uptodate packages. You will also need to > > import his signature for the packages, which is done with > > rpm --import http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/CAE.asc > > Last step. Charles, on www.eslrahc.com has a lot of packages that are later versions than Mandrake can offer directly, so it's a good idea to get his site set up as a source. Go to his webpage, select 10.1, and you will find not only a list of packages that are available, but a command for you to copy and paste into a root console, as you did with easyurpmi's commands. You could stop there, but if you do you will find that trying to install any of Charles's packages gives you messages about missing signatures, so look again at the webpage and you will find instructions for getting his signature onto your system. It involves downloading and installing CAE.asc. I hope that's a little clearer now. Come back if there's anything you don't understand. 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) iD8DBQFCGMgvkFAvMr/nNX8RAt9OAJ9pFszaPW2QP4D56BZLJ0TUemV8hACdHuYf eTc6xWEwerG2U842OQaP0A0= =vd1z -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] a TAR OOPS
This is what you told me. Thanks, BJ On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 08:55, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 16 Feb 2005 13:27, BJ Tracy wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 23:53, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > Where should all the files go so my gui will know where it is? > > > > > > Why don't you just get the rpm package throuh urpmi ? > > > > SNIP > > > > Where do you go for that? > > > urpmi is the command line version of Software Installer. They both do the > same job - locate the package you want and attempt to solve all dependency > problems at the same time. If you have recently installed you may have only > your CDs defined as sources. If that's so, you are missing a lot of good > stuff. Some is more recent than the CDs, and some can't be offered by > Mandrake because of licensing issues. To get these others is easy. > > 1) Go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and select one source from each section. You > will be given a long command to copy and paste into a root console. This > will set up all those sources for you. > > 2) Go to eslrahc.com, find the page for your version (10.1, I presume?) and > again paste in the command given to add his site to your sources. Here there > are lots of very uptodate packages. You will also need to import his > signature for the packages, which is done with > rpm --import http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/CAE.asc > > 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) > > iD8DBQFCE1DJkFAvMr/nNX8RAimdAJ91P9R5M3hlOmZ7g69E3swHJ9gg/gCfXW9i > N6SWQ/PQsZb+vik/9q6S3c8= > =/ev1 > -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 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] a TAR OOPS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 16 Feb 2005 13:27, BJ Tracy wrote: > On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 23:53, Aron Smith wrote: > > > Where should all the files go so my gui will know where it is? > > > > Why don't you just get the rpm package throuh urpmi ? > > SNIP > > Where do you go for that? > urpmi is the command line version of Software Installer. They both do the same job - locate the package you want and attempt to solve all dependency problems at the same time. If you have recently installed you may have only your CDs defined as sources. If that's so, you are missing a lot of good stuff. Some is more recent than the CDs, and some can't be offered by Mandrake because of licensing issues. To get these others is easy. 1) Go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and select one source from each section. You will be given a long command to copy and paste into a root console. This will set up all those sources for you. 2) Go to eslrahc.com, find the page for your version (10.1, I presume?) and again paste in the command given to add his site to your sources. Here there are lots of very uptodate packages. You will also need to import his signature for the packages, which is done with rpm --import http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/CAE.asc 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) iD8DBQFCE1DJkFAvMr/nNX8RAimdAJ91P9R5M3hlOmZ7g69E3swHJ9gg/gCfXW9i N6SWQ/PQsZb+vik/9q6S3c8= =/ev1 -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] a TAR OOPS
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 23:53, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > Where should all the files go so my gui will know where it is? > Why don't you just get the rpm package throuh urpmi ? SNIP Where do you go for that? BJ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] a TAR OOPS
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 16 February 2005 05:21, BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, I just downloaded Firefox 1.0 and placed the tar.gz in my home directory, did the tar and installed it. However during the install it was placed in my directory. Where should all the files go so my gui will know where it is? It seems you didn't follow the easy way, namely to "urpmi mozilla-firefox", but downloaded the tarball from the Mozilla.org site. In that case, it doesn't matter where the tarball is extracted, but in order to install it system-wide (i.e. accessible to all users) you'll have to become root. During this setup you will be prompted to choose a location for the executables. A clever choice might be /usr/lib or /usr/local. After the install completes, run it first time as root (I think that's automatic). After that, you can add it to your menu with the menu editor. Kaj Haulrich. Programs you install this way really should get installed in ether the /usr/local tree of the /opt tree. Personal preference is /usr/local/firefox. But as others have pointed out, using urpmi takes care of it for you. It also simplifies upgrading. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] a TAR OOPS
On Wednesday 16 February 2005 05:21, BJ Tracy wrote: > Hello All, > > I just downloaded Firefox 1.0 and placed the tar.gz in my home > directory, did the tar and installed it. However during the > install it was placed in my directory. > > Where should all the files go so my gui will know where it is? It seems you didn't follow the easy way, namely to "urpmi mozilla-firefox", but downloaded the tarball from the Mozilla.org site. In that case, it doesn't matter where the tarball is extracted, but in order to install it system-wide (i.e. accessible to all users) you'll have to become root. During this setup you will be prompted to choose a location for the executables. A clever choice might be /usr/lib or /usr/local. After the install completes, run it first time as root (I think that's automatic). After that, you can add it to your menu with the menu editor. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] a TAR OOPS
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 08:21 pm, BJ Tracy wrote: > Hello All, > > I just downloaded Firefox 1.0 and placed the tar.gz in my home > directory, did the tar and installed it. However during the install it > was placed in my directory. > > Where should all the files go so my gui will know where it is? Why don't you just get the rpm package throuh urpmi ? > > TIA, > > B.J. Tracy > > Registered Linux User 364157 > http://counter.li.org > _ > * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * > We expressly refuse to utilize Microsoft DRM encoded documents > __ > Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] a TAR OOPS
Hello All, I just downloaded Firefox 1.0 and placed the tar.gz in my home directory, did the tar and installed it. However during the install it was placed in my directory. Where should all the files go so my gui will know where it is? TIA, B.J. Tracy Registered Linux User 364157 http://counter.li.org _ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilize Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
