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Article #926Re: Program installations
From: Fantacmet
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:43
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:43
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As an appendage, I know people have tried to help me with a couple of things and have said something abuot the make command and gave me instructions while I was in windows so I could try it when I rebooted into linux only to find out there is no make command. Or at least none that I can find. -- Fantacmet@ipns.com Fantacmet@yahoo.com Fantacmet.tripod.com/main If ignorance is bliss then why aren't more people happy? Fantacmet <fantacmet@ipns.com> wrote in message news:MtgB6.145203$lj4.4485200@news6.giganews.com... > I am at my wits end I swear it. Forget all the other problems I am having > with linux. I bought a copy of maximum linux and it came with a CD which > had some nice software I would like to install. The problem is I have no > clue how to install them, if I just start uncompressing them it doesn't work > ( should know I tried and now I have wasted space but thats another story) > and there are no automated installation executables or anything like that > and I don't even know how to find an executable. In the micro$oft garbage > there is .com, .bat, and .exe extensions identifying programs as > executables. I think two things that would make linux just excellent is > automated installation procedures for programs, and executables that have a > specific extension. I realize the latter is most likely not going to happen > as alot of stuff would have to be done to make this so. However the former > can be done, and needs to be done for those who are not admins and don't > know their way around linux(people such as me). I am a hardware and > internet tech but I have no experience with linux. All my experience is > with dos, win3.x and win9x. With all the new M$ crap coming out such as me > and 2000 I know this stuff is garbage and have decided it is time to go to > linux. Although I am still using 98se and will be along side of linux for > awhile. I am running peanut linux version 8.2 with kernel version 2.2.18 > and KDE(which I cannot stand) Speaking of which I cannot figure out how to > get xfce installed off the maximum linux CD and every suggestion that I have > tried including the stuff that was step by step has been no help whatsoever. > Any help anyone could give me would be of great help. > > -- > Fantacmet@ipns.com > Fantacmet@yahoo.com > Fantacmet.tripod.com/main > > If ignorance is bliss then why aren't more people happy? > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,1bcd703556d7f7da X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-12 05:48:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out-sjo.usenetserver.com!news3.bellglobal.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp3.aus1.giganews.com!news4.aus1.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Fantacmet" <fantacmet@ipns.com> Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux References: <MtgB6.145203$lj4.4485200@news6.giganews.com> Subject: Re: Program installations Lines: 56 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: <RphB6.5153$hU1.1021289@news4.aus1.giganews.com> NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 07:43:29 CDT Organization: Giganews.Com - Premium News Outsourcing X-Trace: sv3-75aZvR0JeVfPz3YIBTQwH5RcIaGb5bzXzZQQlyAz/psJ24JUO53JgRLWw8jZ8Slwb/jjOdTEDOOvFT9!Dp8l4/Tn3B1El88wLiJHGDCryR41PUl+lExGbFxqXK1Hr2TcRkMioZ4DLzCEDOvyCLZpQltsKrI3!ODLGacFBzg== X-Complaints-To: abuse@GigaNews.Com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@giganews.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:43:30 GMT