Guest SpaceCadet Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 Ok I finally got Linux running and it works awesome! I love it, I'm just sorry I didn't get it installed and running earlier :x I do have a couple of questions about set up though. When I use my mouse scroller it doesn't scroll my page up and down but when I click on the button it acts as a 3rd mouse button. I have set MouseDrake to a standard ps2 scroll wheel mouse. Anyway, I tried downloading Opera web browser and it downloaded this kind of package and I don't know how to install it. Actually I think it did cuz I double clicked on it (how do I set up single click btw) and it said "installer bla bla" and then it disappeared. So how do I do a search to see what software is in my system? Thanks in advance for any input :) ================= edit: I guess I should have mentioned that I am on the KDE desktop ================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 You need to post more info on yourtype of mouse, and also the full name of the Opera file you d-loaded. To help you get started with Mandrake, you will find our list of Frequently asked questions invaluable. Please browse through them, here's the link.: http://mandrakeusers.org/viewforum.php?f=29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 If a package is installed then you should be able to enter "whereis <packagename>" in a shell prompt (without the quotes) and you will see where it is installed - so for Opera you would enter: whereis opera and see what happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpaceCadet Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 Ok my mouse is a logitech optical scroll mouse, and I would prefer to use the USB because the ps2 port is kindof hooped on my MB. Right now I am hooking the end of my mouse up to that green USB to PS2 adapter that comes with most usb mice :) p.s. I also have a microsoft optical usb scroll mouse do u think that one would work better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpaceCadet Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 ok well I figured out the mouse thing :) Using the logitech usb :D As for the Opera, the filename is: opera-7.11-20030515.4-shared-qt.i386.rpm.part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JaseP Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 the .part indicates that the download didn't complete. You will need to download it again. To install RPMs (the installation package type that Mandrake, RedHat, and SuSE all use) you must either use the Software Manager or use rpm from the command line (command line being the better choice). Alternatively, you can use one of the other package installer apps, but I don't find GNOrpm to be as useful. typical syntax for an rpm command is: rpm -ivh /directory_where_its_located/filename_exactly_as_listed PS: you typically install most packages as root (su to root and then install... ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpaceCadet Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 wow ok, I will give that one a try :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 For one simple rpm gnorpm is great, but probably not installed by default. First you have to be root. su <hit Enter> enter roots password <hit Enter> say you put the opera rpm in /home/username/download. You'd open a terminal (xterm, aterm, Eterm, rxvt, konsole) and cd ~/download or cd /home/username/download (same thing) then you can (if you want) ls to verify it's there, and rpm -ivh opera-7.11-20030515.4-shared-qt.i386.rpm to install. Or, as mentioned above ls ~/download/ and rpm -ivh ~/download/opera-7.11-20030515.4-shared-qt.i386.rpm The bare minimum is rpm -i SEE:man rpm or rpm --help This is the norm for linux commands for info/help man <command> info <command> <command> --help If you seem to have probs with the shared version of opera get the non-shared. Sometimes the shared requires editing scripts to get it working with java etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpaceCadet Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 phat ok that worked :) Thanks you should write tutorials in the book hehe :) Ok and now that it's installed, I typed in "whereis opera" and this is what I get: opera: /usr/bin/opera /usr/lib/opera /usr/X11R6/bin/opera /usr/bin/X11/opera /usr/share/opera /usr/share/man/man1/opera.1 I went to the /bin folder and double clicked the file 'opera' and it loaded the program. I also went to the /lib folder and did the same. Opera also loaded, but what I want to know is which of the two files is better for launching opera with and how do I uninstall it? I don't need to uninstall it atm but my hd space is limited, so I will need to know how to uninstall stuff as I am gonna be installing a whack of programs :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polemicz Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 You probably have Opera on your KDE menu, at least I did when I installed it (under networking->WWW), assuming you're using KDE. If you use it a lot, as I do, you will probably want to drag it your toolbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 I typed in "whereis opera" and this is what I get: opera: /usr/bin/opera /usr/lib/opera /usr/X11R6/bin/opera /usr/bin/X11/opera /usr/share/opera /usr/share/man/man1/opera.1 Which is why I prefer which opera which will tell you /usr/bin/opera Almost all your apps are in /usr/bin. Uninstall? rpm -e <pkgname> or better urpme <pkgname> pkgname in this case is opera and not version stuff that comes after the pkgname. Seriously look into urpmi, urpme, and urpmf as they will help you greatly. Opera is not on the cd's but galeon (for gnome) is for example. If you typed urpmi galeon you'd get a list of galeon and it's dependencies asking what you'd like to install. You can then copy and paste them with the mouse and mousewheel button and do with all the deps urpmi galeon mozilla mozilla-whatever ...and so on, and urpmi will pop out the cdrom and tell you what cd's to insert and press enter. It's wonderfully fast in comparison to the the gui Software Mgr (rpmdrake). if you were referring to me and the tutorials....thanks, but I don't have the time (no, don't look at my post count :wink: ). The FAQ section was an idea that I reintroduced and was finally implimented....as anon suggested, check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted August 9, 2003 Report Share Posted August 9, 2003 ok well I figured out the mouse thing :) Using the logitech usb :D As for the Opera, the filename is:opera-7.11-20030515.4-shared-qt.i386.rpm.part What was the solution to your mouse thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpaceCadet Posted August 9, 2003 Report Share Posted August 9, 2003 I dunno I unplugged my mouse from ps2 and put it in the usb port. Nothing happened and then at that point I had no mouse, so I decided to use the Logitech mouse instead of a microsoft mouse, rebooted again and it came up with a thing during boot up that it detected my changed mouse config so I set it to USB wheel and it worked :) I tried that before but I think it was because I was using a microsoft mouse it was all wierd the scroll wouldn't worked and when I clicked the scroll wheel as a button it opened up a separate page.. I dunno.. it was wierd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpaceCadet Posted August 9, 2003 Report Share Posted August 9, 2003 ok sweet. Thanks for the info fellas :) Any ideas as to how I could get my FTP server happening now? lol That is basically why I installed linux, for it's speed and stability as a server, and right now we need majour ftp services heppening or I will have to uninstall it (remember business purposes :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamS Posted August 9, 2003 Report Share Posted August 9, 2003 Easy way to install opera: 1- Use home icon on taskbar to go to the directory where it was downloaded 2- Right-click that file 3- click Software installer I made an icon on the desktop, so that with one click it will both connect (I have dial-up) and start Opera. I am using Opera 7.20 B1 Its nice if you like the M2 mail. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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