Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 03:56, BJ Tracy wrote: On Monday 16 August 2004 12:28 am, Charlie Mahan wrote: SNIP Thanks for your help..however, I installed clamav and sql from the Mandrake Control Center and checked and they are installed. I rebooted(habit) and still cannot find the

Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-17 Thread John Richard Smith
BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, I have a number of books on Linux and find them to be a wealth of knowledge but they are really vague when it comes to downloads and installations. Can someone suggest a good book that will walk me thru a download and installation. I may be making this harder than it

Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-17 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Monday 16 August 2004 21:56, BJ Tracy wrote: On Monday 16 August 2004 12:28 am, Charlie Mahan wrote: SNIP snip SNIP Thanks for your help..however, I installed clamav and sql from the Mandrake Control Center and checked and they are installed. I rebooted(habit) and still cannot find

Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-16 Thread John Wilson
On August 15, 2004 08:24 pm, BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, I have a number of books on Linux and find them to be a wealth of knowledge but they are really vague when it comes to downloads and installations. Can someone suggest a good book that will walk me thru a download and installation. I

Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-16 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Sunday 15 August 2004 22:24, BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, I have a number of books on Linux and find them to be a wealth of knowledge but they are really vague when it comes to downloads and installations. Can someone suggest a good book that will walk me thru a download and installation.

Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-16 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 15 August 2004 11:24 pm, BJ Tracy wrote: A couple of NEWBIE questions: 1) When you download a program such as clamav, where should you down load to? A temp file in the usr file? You might want to create a default directory for all downloads and set your apps, browsers, etc. to

Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-16 Thread BJ Tracy
On Monday 16 August 2004 12:28 am, Charlie Mahan wrote: SNIP A couple of NEWBIE questions: 1) When you download a program such as clamav, where should you down load to? A temp file in the usr file? I would either: Open Mandrake Control Centre, go to the Software Management section and

[newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-15 Thread BJ Tracy
Hello All, I have a number of books on Linux and find them to be a wealth of knowledge but they are really vague when it comes to downloads and installations. Can someone suggest a good book that will walk me thru a download and installation. I may be making this harder than it is, but I have

Re: [newbie] Downloads and Installs

2004-08-15 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 15 August 2004 21:24:09, BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, I have a number of books on Linux and find them to be a wealth of knowledge but they are really vague when it comes to downloads and installations. Can someone suggest a good book