On Sun, Apr 18, 1999 at 02:34:57PM +0800, Hans van den Boogert wrote: > There doesn't seem to be a special group for Debian Newbies, so I hope > y'all don't mind me bringing up some questions here. Don't worry; this is a large part of what this mailinglist is here for. And we're glad that you RTFMed before you got here <G>.
> Background: Dutch, teacher, location: Taiwan, 32, shortwave DXer. > System1: Pentium 200MMX, 64 MB RAM, 3.2+6.1 GB HD, S3 Trio64, Soundblaster > AWE64. > System2: Twinhead Slimnote 486-33, 8 MB RAM, 305 MB HD, VGA monochrome > monitor. > Questions: > 1) What is an easy way to go to the previous directory, e.g. I am in > /usr/bin and want to go to /usr? Try "cd ~-". > 2) With the base system installed I can't open man pages, that is, when > typing "man ls" for example, the system returns with "command not found." > In /bin and /sbin I also can't see any man-binary. There are man pages > stored, but in .gz format. Is it normal that the man command is not > installed? How to open/read .gz files. The man reader is in the package "man-db"; run "apt-get install man-db" to install it if you are connected to the 'net. If you just want to read some random textual .gz file, run zless on it -- it's in the package zgip, but you need the package less to run it. (Install them with apt-get too.) > 3) I tried to create some scripts, very simple ones, but they refuse to > run, or the system says "command not found." Example: >From the following (cut), it looks like it, but did you try ./telltime? > 4) Any hints to where to find some in dept Debian specific FAQs? I know > there is a lot around, and believe me I've been reading, but most > tutorials/FAQs assume that the system is running smoothly and hardly deal > with problem solving. Try http://www.debain.org/doc/ -- I did just look, and there isn't much with problem solving there. One of the few bad things about the current state of Linux is that there aren't detailed problem-solving docs around -- perhaps it has somthing to do with the incidance rate of such problems. -=- James Mastros -- "My friend Data: You see the world with the wonder of a child, and that makes you more human then any of us." -=- Lt. Tasha Yar, upon the occasion of her death.
