installing and linux

[gilligan8503]

i have decided that i hate microsoft (many reasons, most minor) but i wont get into that.

im wanting an ibook for collage, but that is about a year off.  the point is, i unistalled windows xp pro and installed red hat linux 7.3.  installing the operating system was easy, installing programs on the operating system is not.

im really not sure how to install applications and i need help (i dont have an instruction manual).

???

Thanks in advance.

[Master of Reality]

.RPM - you can install .RPM files by typing into the commandline:
# rpm -Uvh /path/to/something.RPM
the U is for upgrade/install. v is for verbose, and h will display hash marks to display the progress.

source (tar.gz, tgz) - isntall these by cding to the diectory where you want them installed (it should make its own directory later). Then do:
# tar zxvf /path/to/app.tar.gz
this will ungzip and untar the file.
if it is just a .TAR then do:
# tar xvf /path/to/app.tar
if it is .tar.bz2 then do:
# unbzip2 /path/ro/app.tar.bz2
# tar xvf /path/to/app.tar
OR
# tar jxvf /path/to/app.tar.bz2
this will unbzip2 and untar it.
 
After that you must cd into the directory you just unpacked then type:
# ./configure &&
> make &&
> make install
(the && will make it so that the next command will only run if the previous command runs)
Make sure you read INSTALL and README files before installing in case there is any special parameters you must use.
# less INSTALL

If the file is a binary .bin then just run it by typing the full path to it or if you are in its directory, then tpye ./installer.bin ("." means current directory) and that will proabably run an install program.

Is there anything i missed

[gilligan8503]

thank you again.
post was fast, and i needed that
i tried my .bin file, and it worked, thanks a lot!

[voidmain]

Someone should start our own MES FAQ that we can add to and point people to. It could end up being quite the rage. I could write a database driven PHP app to do something like this (or there might already be one out there).  

I would host it on one of my servers but I would rather host it somewhere else. It could become an importand resource and draw more traffic if done right.  Wait, hasn't this been brought up before? Seems to have a familiar ring...

It could go something like this:

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[ September 06, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

[KernelPanic]

Nice plan

[Master of Reality]

well.. it cant/shouldnt be on my server, its down for a few hours weekly after i screw around with it and it isnt very fast.