🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 04:43:00 -0400, "Fantacmet" <fantacmet@ipns.com>
wrote:

>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.

I too am fairly new to Linux but I have found that to install a
program is fairly easy. After decompression to a temp directory, if
there is a "makefile" just type "make" in that directory. Then right
after compiling, type "make-install" and viola...you got it installed.
Make is a command located in the /bin or /sbin dir that is executed to
compile source code into something the machine can use. An alternative
I have also found is to use RPM manager and install that way. If you
have a precompiled bin file, to execute it type "./filename.bin"
remembering to put the ./ before the file name. Hope this helps.
B.