RE: [newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-05 Thread Adrian Earnshaw
Well I've sort of answered my own question, as I looked at the what packages were preinstalled and noticed that the libraries needed to install some of the software were not installed themselves. So used Mandrakes RPM to install the missing libraries and update Linux and voila all work. I think

Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-05 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 05 March 2004 15:44, Adrian Earnshaw wrote: Well I've sort of answered my own question, Nice feeling, isn't it? g Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-04 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 04 Mar 2004 01:13, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:08:02 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: Erm the lines I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib ring alarm bells in my head. The Glib library is one of the most fundamental libraries on

Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-04 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:20:06 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: But I still would not advise a brand new newbie to mess with compiling Glib when there is a perfectly good RPM package. I'm just curious still about this glib package from a magazine CD. There should be warnings all

Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-04 Thread aron Smith
On Thursday 04 March 2004 09:39 am, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:20:06 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: But I still would not advise a brand new newbie to mess with compiling Glib when there is a perfectly good RPM package. I'm just curious still about this glib

[newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-03 Thread Adrian Earnshaw
Title: Message I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib. I have followed the instructions in the install file but when I try to ./configure any programs that needGLib it tells me it's not installed properly or it's the wrong version. The GLib is from this months Linux

Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-03 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 23:20:12 - Adrian Earnshaw disseminated the following: I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib. I have followed the instructions in the install file but when I try to ./configure any programs that need GLib it tells me it's not installed properly or

Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-03 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 03 Mar 2004 23:45, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 23:20:12 - Adrian Earnshaw disseminated the following: I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib. I have followed the instructions in the install file but when I try to ./configure any programs that

Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question

2004-03-03 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:08:02 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: Erm the lines I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib ring alarm bells in my head. The Glib library is one of the most fundamental libraries on your system. If you mess with it you are almost