>>>>> "sw" == Sean Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
sw> I bought the RH Linux Installation Guide, and was loaned another
sw> newbie book, and have searched the man pages trying to figure
sw> out how to install programs. I downloaded Netscape from the net,
sw> but have yet to figure out how to install it. Obviously it is
sw> gzip'd, but when I attempt to run gzip -d [filename] a messages
sw> appears stating something about a core; this is presumably not a
sw> Good Thing.
Probably not. But for anyone to help, they need to know what the
problem is -- so a verbatim copy of the error message is required.
What did you type? What exactly was the result?
sw> Is there any resource I can hit to get information on how to
sw> accomplish program compiles and installation???
Broadly speaking, you install programs with "rpm" (Red Hat Package
Manager). Locate or download the package file containing the thing
you want and install it with
# rpm --install packagename-1.0-1.i386.rpm
^^^ ^ ^ ^
name of the--+ | | +-- architecture (Red Hat runs on many
package | | different systems,
/ | including
the Alpha
version number------/ +-- release number and SPARC as well as x86)
To uninstall a package, you don't use the name of the installation
file that contained the package, but just the name of the package
itself:-
# rpm --erase packagename
Where do you get these packages? Well, there are several hundred of
them on the CD-ROMs that contain Red Hat Linux (the ones on the second
CD-ROM all have names like packagename-1.0-1.src.rpm and are packages
containing the source code for the corresponding pagkage from the
first CD).
Other package files have been prepared by other Red Hat users (rather
than by Red Hat Software itself). These contributed packages can be
downloaded from ftp.redhat.com in the /pub/contrib directory. This
directory has the following contents:-
README Information about this directory.
readmes/ Documentation.
grouped/ Packages arranged by function (see
grouped/hurricane/i386)
SRPMS/ Source packages.
alpha/ Packages for the Alpha.
i386/ All intel packages (includes ones for older
versions of Red Hat Linux than 5.0)
m68k/ Packages for Motorola 68000 machines (e.g.
Amiga)
sparc/ Packages for Motorola Sun SPARC systems.
ppc/ Packages for Motorola PowerPC systems.
noarch/ Packages that are the same no matter what
CPU you use (e.g. scripts, documents,
config
stuff).
nosrc/ Packages for which no source code is available.
spec/ spec-files (these lay out the structure of
packages and allow them to be rebuilt
automatically).
hurricane/ Packages for Red Hat 5.0 ("Hurricane").
tbird@ Packages for the earlier "Thunderbird" release
of
Red Hat Linux.
mustang@ Packages for the earlier "Mustang" release of
Red Hat Linux.
applixware/ This is an office suite. It's commercial s/w.
art/ art?
kernels/ Kernel stuff.
lost+found/ Directory for internal maintenance at Red Hat.
It's always empty.
misc/ Stuff.
oldrpms/ Old RPMs.
patches/ Miscellaneous patches.
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