install a program

[rdsii64]

I'm a real newbie at linux i just downloaded limeware for linux. now that i have I don't know how to install it. can anyone help me with locating some documentation that I can read to learn the basics of installing programs in linux. incase it helps I am using suse 7.3 personal.

thanx
Ron

[Calum]

and if it's a .rpm file, just open a prompt, switch to superuser (type 'su' then yr passwrd)
and type:

rpm -Uvh whatever.it.is1386whatever.rpm

and it'll all work out beautifully...

[Master of Reality]

quote:Originally posted by X11:
If it is a tar.gz do this:
# gzip -d [filename].tar.gz
# tar -xvf [filename].tar
# cd [program]
# less INSTALL

or,
# gzip -d [filename] | tar -xvf -
should do both at once.
then do
# CD [directory where it extracted itself]
# less INSTALL
normally it would tell you to do:
# make INSTALL

ps.
If i do "make INSTALL" and i forgot to su in and it cant make a directory because permission is denied, does that mean i have to do "make INSTALL" again as root???

[ April 08, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]

[voidmain]

quote:Originally posted by Master of Reality:


or,
# gzip -d [filename] | tar -xvf -
should do both at once.
then do

...or "tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz" will do both.
 

quote:
If i do "make INSTALL" and i forgot to su in and it cant make a directory because permission is denied, does that mean i have to do "make INSTALL" again as root???

Yes, but it will not have to recompile, just the install portion (as long as you didn't do a "make clean").  Of course all of these tags "install", "clean", etc are programmer defined.  The two I mention are fairly standardly implemented.

[Master of Reality]

if i use "make INSTALL" to intall a program, how do i uninstall it?

[dbl221]

I installed LimeWire for Linux 1.7 the other day.  You will need to install the Java virtual machine for Linux...get it from www.sun.com

The sun documentation was very good, just take the time to read it carefully.

Then go to www.limewire.com and read the userguide.
Read everything.
If you are behind a firewall open a port or run nmap to find out what is open.

Remember...install the java virtual machine first.

Good Luck and let us know how you make out.

[untz]

rdsii64

I'd suggest taking a look at www.linuxdoc.org.  Its the Linux Documentation Project and you can find a lot of great How-tos for Linux.  Its filled with great info for a beginner and a sysadmin.

Here is the howto on building software

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html

[rdsii64]

quote:Originally posted by untz:
rdsii64

I'd suggest taking a look at www.linuxdoc.org.  Its the Linux Documentation Project and you can find a lot of great How-tos for Linux.  Its filled with great info for a beginner and a sysadmin.

Here is the howto on building software

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html

thanx a place where i could read up and basically figure it out is just what I needed
thanx
I will let you know how i make out

[Master of Reality]

when i install soemthing from the source (ie. webim.tar.gz) and have it succesfully installed, how do i take out the installed program????

[voidmain]

File by file. That's why you should use RPMs if you have an RPM based system, or *.deb if you are using Debian, or *.pkg.tgz if using Solaris, or....

Before package management you either just didn't remove software, or you had to figure out what files were associated with what program and remove them one by one.  Packages/RPMs make install/remove very easy. If you are installing webmin on your RedHat system download the RPM rather than the tar.gz file.

[ April 16, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

[Master of Reality]

how do i install a .bin file?

[Calum]

good question, hopefully somebody (i suspect VoidMain) will answer it!  

[Master of Reality]

being the computer guru that i am, i figured it out easily.
./[file].bin

[voidmain]

That's another one that bites n00bs in the but. By default "." (current directory) is not part of your PATH like it is in Windows. This is a security feature and a good practice. You *can* however add "." to your PATH if you aren't too concerned about there being other users on your system that you may be concerned about dropping a trojan in on you.  I suggest adding it as the last thing in your PATH if you do (in your ~/.bashrc file).  That way you don't actually have to type "./" in front of the filename you are trying to run in the current directory.

[Calum]

ehm, i think typing a dot and a slash is a fair price to pay for security...