Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-15 Thread spooky
hi all: well I tried installing a software that has been proven by many scientists to work w/ a PC windows, Linux and Unix systems. I finished unzipping them and untarring them and gave the command './configure and so forth' and guess what message i got my gcc and C compiler is

Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-15 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, spooky wrote: hi all: well I tried installing a software that has been proven by many scientists to work w/ a PC windows, Linux and Unix systems. I finished unzipping them and untarring them and gave the command './configure and so forth' and guess what

Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-14 Thread spooky
Next, how do I install software from TAR or GZ format? I know how to install packages, but I downloaded a file in GZ format and opened it with the software that came with Mandrake, but I could not figure out what to do next? I mean in Windows there is always a setup.exe, but what about

Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-14 Thread Edison Gica
is not working (?). any suggestions would be helpful, I have LM 7.0 version. thanks in advance, edison From: Anthony Huereca [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:42:13 -0400 Next, how do I install software from

RE: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-14 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
or another, Developement should be the minimum install for Linux, in my book, in spite of the requirements. -JMS -Original Message- From: Edison Gica [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 4:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz hi all: well I tried

Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote: Next, how do I install software from TAR or GZ format? I know how to install packages, but I downloaded a file in GZ format and opened it with the software that came with Mandrake, but I could not figure out what to do next? I mean in Windows there is

RE: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-14 Thread Brash, Matthew
Have you installed the Kernel headers? -Original Message- Subject: Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz hi all: well I tried installing a software that has been proven by many scientists to work w/ a PC windows, Linux and Unix systems. I finished unzipping them and untarring them and gave

[newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-13 Thread Fred Hamilton
I am a REAL newbie. I just installed Mandrake 7.1 last night. I have a couple of questions. First, my system has 164Mb of RAM but Mandrake only reports 64. During the install I tried to over-ride this and entered the correct amount of RAM, but it still only reports 64Mb. How can I fix this,

Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-13 Thread Michael Lueck
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:47:54 -0400, Fred Hamilton wrote: First, my system has 164Mb of RAM but Mandrake only reports 64. I got a nice answer a while back on this same issue - saved text follows: To check what Linux detected, use the command 'free'. The output will look like:

Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-13 Thread Sthitaprajna
On 13 Jun 00, at 21:47, Fred Hamilton wrote: correct amount of RAM, but it still only reports 64Mb. How can I fix this, or do I need to worry about it? At the LILO prompt specify the amount of RAM. BTW, how did you get 164MB RAM on your machine? 128+32=160. Maybe, you don't have 164MB

Re: [newbie] Tar and .Gz

2000-06-13 Thread Anthony Huereca
Next, how do I install software from TAR or GZ format? I know how to install packages, but I downloaded a file in GZ format and opened it with the software that came with Mandrake, but I could not figure out what to do next? I mean in Windows there is always a setup.exe, but what about