New post How do i install on Linux?

[Guest_imported]

Sorry the first thread i done had bad grammer lol i've been up for days trying to figure this out .



Can someone help me out with installing applications on my Linux i am a striaght newb, only been useing it for like three weeks an every time i go to install a program i get nautilus doesnt have any viewers for this file, or file to big for nautilus to open "?s" are where can i get these viewers an how do i install the programs Help!!!!!!

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

You don't say what linux you have but, from the mention of nautilus, i'd guess its redhat 7.2 . On redhat (and most other linux distros), as a general rule you install software using the redhat package manager (rpm) or its gui front-ends, e.g. GnoRPM. You can see how to use GnoRPM at the bottom of this page -->

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/getting-started-guide/rhn-webapp.html

. That section of the manual also describes the up2date agent, redhat network, etc.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-rhn.html

If you have packages that come as whatever.tar.gz or similar then these could be either source code that needs to be compiled or pre-compiled binaries that don't. In general you would open a 'terminal' window and type commands :

$ cd /usr/download
$ tar zxvf whatever.tar.gz (creates subdirectory containing tarball contents)
$ cd whatever

and so on...

Hope this helps

 

[Guest_imported]

hey thx ill try that an get back with you an let you know how it worked

 

[Guest_imported]

Hey thx that worked great...... i preciate the help