Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux

2005-02-24 Thread Vince Hoang
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 06:27:35PM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody know the best directory to open the gui window manager xfce from a tar.gz file. You mean install from source? Untar it and read the INSTALL file. Or bail on the source package install and use a _supported_ package.

Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux

2005-02-24 Thread webmas...@hawaiidakine.com
Vince Hoang wrote: On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 06:27:35PM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody know the best directory to open the gui window manager xfce from a tar.gz file. You mean install from source? Untar it and read the INSTALL file. Or bail on the source package install and use a

Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux

2005-02-24 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 24, 2005, at 1:00 AM, Vince Hoang wrote: On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 06:27:35PM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like I don't want a gui boot up I want to start with a command line. Neither do I. `rm /etc/rc?.d/S???dm` Uh, thats a bit brute-force, don't you think? You can do this in

Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux

2005-02-24 Thread Gary Sublett
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:27:35 -1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Linux people, I am helping a friend with a Debian install. Anybody know the best directory to open the gui window manager xfce from a tar.gz file. This Debian

Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux

2005-02-24 Thread Vince Hoang
On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 09:36:39AM -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: Neither do I. `rm /etc/rc?.d/S???dm` Uh, thats a bit brute-force, don't you think? I used to `update-rc.d -f xdm remove`, but that removed all the symlinks. By removing only the S* symlinks, the K* symlinks stick around and

[LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux

2005-02-23 Thread webmas...@hawaiidakine.com
Hi Linux people, I am helping a friend with a Debian install. Anybody know the best directory to open the gui window manager xfce from a tar.gz file. This Debian Linux version is sarge. I am a FreeBSD person and the file structure in sarge is not easy to figure out. Like I don't want a gui