It's not a weird question. Once you install the OS, you typically want to
install additional applications. I would probably think you were weird if
you were completely content with your OS and it's applications as it comes
"right off the shelf."
To answer your question, check out:
http://www
I am a long time DOS/Windows user that is trying L-M 6.0 to use as a firewall
(another story :)). However... in an effort to get Linux more usable for
myself, I (as well as many others) have downloaded many new/different
programs, most in RPM but quite a few in tar.gz. In most cases the tar.gz's
> Jonathan Jackson wrote:
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> This probably sounds a little weird, but I'm just starting
> Linux...
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> Q: How do I install files I downloaded??
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> Jonathan "JJ" Jackson
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Hi, Jonathan,
What kind of files are they? If they're rpms (end in ".rpm"), i
First, you'll need to be sure you downloaded everything under the
/Mandrake directory. This, and the right boot image, is all you need to
install Mandrake Linux. You can get a boot image from the /images
subdirectory. Be sure to take a look at the README file; it explains how
to use the boot im
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Jonathan Jackson wrote:
> This probably sounds a little weird, but I'm just starting Linux...
Not weird at all.
> Q: How do I install files I downloaded??
Well, if you install an rpm program then you can install it by typing at
the command line:
rpm -ivh
For
