install some files

[hek]

i am using Fedora

 

and i am a totally newbie , yesterday i installed for the first time linux

 

but know i dont know how to install some files.

ik know that i must just the terminal and rpm -ivh namexxxx.rpm

 

but that he say : no such file or directory

 

the files are in /home/user/download's/blalala.rpm

 

 

 

second point

 

how to install tar.gz

 

are there no good install clients

 

 

thx !

[dubkat]

i dont know how to install some files. ik know that i must just the terminal and rpm -ivh namexxxx.rpm

 

but that he say : no such file or directory

 

the files are in /home/user/download's/blalala.rpm

ok. your RPM's you want to install are in /home/user/download's/ so this is what you want to do:

Code:

su -
cd /home/user/download's
rpm -ivh blah.rpm

 

another thing you could try to do is installing APT. Apt is a program that will help you to EASILY install programs and keep your system up to date.

[dubkat]

oops, i forgot to add this:

 

As far as installing gziped archives, do the following....

 

Code:

tar -xvfz program.version1.3-fdr.tar.gz
cd program_name
less README
less INSTALL
./configure --help

 

configure options usually look like --enable-blah --disable-blah --with-something

the options vary depending on the program you are trying to install, and many programs require you have other things installed first.

 

good luck :)

 

ps: just a tip - the TAB key is your friend. when typing out /directory/structures or file.names.conf the TAB key will auto-complete file/directory names for you. :)

[hek]

i have installed apt now but how can i start up atp ? i dont see it in the app list

[anyweb]

try this as root

 

apt-get update && apt-get install synaptic

 

what does that do for you ?

 

cheers

 

anyweb