Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-04-02 Thread Toran Korshnah
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 13:05, Teilhard Knight wrote: > On Monday 31 March 2003 09:28 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 10:19 pm, Toran Korshnah wrote: > > > MM, > > > > > > After that you have to perform (not always, I think) > > > > > > ./configure > > > make > > > make install Sor

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-04-02 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 7:05 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > On Monday 31 March 2003 09:28 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 10:19 pm, Toran Korshnah wrote: > > > MM, > > > > > > After that you have to perform (not always, I think) > > > > > > ./configure > > > make > > > make install >

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Monday 31 March 2003 09:28 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 10:19 pm, Toran Korshnah wrote: > > MM, > > > > After that you have to perform (not always, I think) > > > > ./configure > > make > > make install > > > > This for both rpm and tar. > > For Urpmi, I do not think so.Ik thin

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-04-01 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Sunday 30 March 2003 03:19 pm, Toran Korshnah wrote: > MM, > > After that you have to perform (not always, I think) > > ./configure > make > make install > > This for both rpm and tar. > For Urpmi, I do not think so.Ik think that one does all automatic, but > not sure! Thanks. Teilhard Knight

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-31 Thread Zariyan Zephyr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Someone says at Desktoplinux.com Forum, "If you feel frustated on RPM's, You can choose Debian-based Distro". Is apt-get so powerful why many distros I have seen at Distrowatch.com using RPM's ?. Only few distros are Debian-based such as Libranet, Xandr

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-31 Thread Toran Korshnah
Mm, Quite right, guys! Sorry that I was not complete enough! Toran Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-31 Thread Anders Lind
> ./configure > make > make install > > This for both rpm and tar. Not for rpm, but often with tar-fileshowever read the INSTALL-file all the time /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-31 Thread Michael Scottaline
On 30 Mar 2003 16:19:25 -0500 Toran Korshnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled furiously: > MM, > > After that you have to perform (not always, I think) > > ./configure > make > make install > > This for both rpm and tar. > For Urpmi, I do not think so.Ik think that one does all automatic, but > no

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-31 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 10:19 pm, Toran Korshnah wrote: > MM, > > After that you have to perform (not always, I think) > > ./configure > make > make install > > This for both rpm and tar. > For Urpmi, I do not think so.Ik think that one does all automatic, but > not sure! > urpmi deals with all of th

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-31 Thread Toran Korshnah
MM, After that you have to perform (not always, I think) ./configure make make install This for both rpm and tar. For Urpmi, I do not think so.Ik think that one does all automatic, but not sure! BB, Toran Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.co

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Sunday 30 March 2003 05:01 am, Toran Korshnah wrote: > On Sunday 30 March 2003 07:12 am, you wrote: > > How do I install a rpm package? In Debian I used "dpkg" for deb's, but > > obviously this doesn't work here. My experience with Debian was very > > short and upon discovering Mandrake, I soon

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Sunday 30 March 2003 12:39 pm, Derek wrote: > On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 1:12 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > How do I install a rpm package? In Debian I used "dpkg" for deb's, but > > obviously this doesn't work here. My experience with Debian was very > > short and upon discovering Mandrake, I soon

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Toran Korshnah
On Sunday 30 March 2003 07:12 am, you wrote: > How do I install a rpm package? In Debian I used "dpkg" for deb's, but > obviously this doesn't work here. My experience with Debian was very short > and upon discovering Mandrake, I soon changed. > > > Teilhard Knight > The Extraterrestrial > > Who at

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 22:12, Teilhard Knight wrote: > How do I install a rpm package? In Debian I used "dpkg" for deb's, but > obviously this doesn't work here. My experience with Debian was very short > and upon discovering Mandrake, I soon changed. > > > Teilhard Knight > The Extraterrestrial

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Sunday 30 March 2003 12:37 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 1:12 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > How do I install a rpm package? In Debian I used "dpkg" for deb's, but > > obviously this doesn't work here. My experience with Debian was very > > short and upon discovering Mandrake, I

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Anders Lind
How do I install a rpm package? In Debian I used "dpkg" for deb's, but obviously this doesn't work here. My experience with Debian was very short and upon discovering Mandrake, I soon changed. dpgk and apt is superior in my opinion, anyway not as good as ports in FreeBSD, well, over to your act

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Sunday 30 March 2003 12:20 pm, Lanman wrote: > In a console, you can type the following,... rpm -ivh "name of rpm", and > press enter. > > In KDE, you can open konqueror, browse to the directory where the rpm is, > and click on it. > > Or, in a console, type kpackage, and when the GUI opens, bro

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 1:12 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > How do I install a rpm package? In Debian I used "dpkg" for deb's, but > obviously this doesn't work here. My experience with Debian was very short > and upon discovering Mandrake, I soon changed. > I always use Configuration > Packaging > Ins

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Derek
On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 1:12 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > How do I install a rpm package? In Debian I used "dpkg" for deb's, but > obviously this doesn't work here. My experience with Debian was very short > and upon discovering Mandrake, I soon changed. > > > Teilhard Knight > The Extraterrestrial >

Re: [newbie] Another very naive question

2003-03-30 Thread Lanman
In a console, you can type the following,... rpm -ivh "name of rpm", and press enter. In KDE, you can open konqueror, browse to the directory where the rpm is, and click on it. Or, in a console, type kpackage, and when the GUI opens, browse to the location of the rpm package, and select it. Unl