once I get to the open menu running how do I open a package from the cd rom?
At 08:10 AM 02/02/2001, you wrote:
>At 19:54 02.02.2001 +1030, you wrote:
>>Hi to the group.
>>
>> I am very new to Linux and would welcome some help. I have
>> installed Mandrake 7.2 and think it's the best I've tried. Firstly would
>> someone please take me throught the procedure for installing new
>> software both from a CDROM and from the internet. If I have to type
>> anything in would you please tell me where to put it. ( gee, that
>> leaves me open )
>>I'd very much like to try the browser Konqueror and would welcome a list
>>of things I have to do to get it on my machine.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Ozgeek
>
>hi....
>
>linux mandrake uses the rpm-mechanism, most programs are coming in so
>called "rpm-packages" which u can download from various sources from the
>internet i.e. freshmeat.com (or org ?), tucows.com, linuxberg.com.
>the other way is to install them from the cdrom u got with your mandrake
>distro. u will find the rpm packages under /Mandrake/RPMS of your binary cd.
>u have 2 ways of installing those packages :
>1) do it from the command line with the command "rpm
>-i(install)v(verify)h(print hashes) *.rpm"
>2) do it in X enverionment (i assume u use KDE) with the program "kpackage"
> if u dont have a link in your start menu, open a terminal and simply
> type "kpackage"
>
>this will open a gui for package managment, where u can see all the
>installed packages on the left side, and where u can install new packages
>by selecting "file/open" and then choosing the /path/*.rpm file u want to
>install.
>
>hth...
>
>--quay
>
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