t_101 Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 After I download a program and save it to a folder of my choice, how do i access it and run it? What should I type or learn about? Thanks guys for being extrememly patient with me!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 (edited) Take a look at this: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=10615 It's important to know what type of file it is. Depending on that, there are different ways of installation. Edited June 28, 2004 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 hey guys, umm he corrently has the Urmpi tool installed, I installed it for him. So we are using that, right now we have a huge deal with installing screensaver and he want's to get some kind of kazaa installed on his computer. But we download the file and red package don't reconize them or wont run the. He is very new to linux I just installed linux on his computer this morining so if you do give instructions please give step-by-step. thanks, -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Hi, What's the name of the program ? A) if the name finish with ".rpm" that means it's a packaged program: easy to install: just type: urpmi <nameoftheprogram> on a console as root. To go to a console, you can do Ctrl-Alt F1, type "root" as login and enter the password. To navigate on the disk directory tree, type: cd <nameofthedirectory> You can just type only the first character of <nameofthedirectory> and type the tab key to complete the name. Very convenient :) cd .. goes one level up. cd / goes to the root directory (not the same as the root user ok ? ) when you're finish type Ctrl-Alt F7 to go back to X B) if the name of the program finish with .tar or .gz, that means you have the sources of the program and you have to compile it. - put the file on a directory - type: tar -xvzf <nameof theprogram> on a console as root (see upward) read the readme or install file. generally you just have to run make install If the program is a rpm, it's possible it puts an icon for you on the desktop and in the K menu. Else, the program must be in /usr/bin You just have to cut and past the shortcut on the desktop and double click on the icon to run it. The doc of the program must be in /usr/share/doc/<nameoftheprogram> See also: the Mandrake Control Center (MCC) -> RpmDrake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 (edited) Well we are triying to install a screen saver but we do not know how to, I have tried urmpi and things but it does not work. # rpm -ivh xscreensaver-matrix-4.14-4plf.i586.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package xscreensaver-matrix-4.14-4plf is already installed Now when we right click on the desktop>Configure Desktop>Screen Savers Nothing shows up under screen savers besides the one that already camed installed in Linux or Mandrake. We just need to know how to access this file and make it appear on the Screen Savers menu. thats all -Luis Edited June 28, 2004 by Luis101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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