Install Software???

[DMAN]

???How do I install softtware in Mandrake 8.2?
I have no clue how to use the console...When I click on an icon it asks me what I want to open it with but i don't have a clue?

[trommaster]

what type of software is it?
mandrake used RPM files for ease of use to install but you might also want to use source packages

read this for rpm help:
http://www.getlinuxonline.com/omp/distro/RedHat/rpm.htm

[JimH]

???How do I install softtware in Mandrake 8.2?

That would depend on how the software is packaged. Mandrake's documentation seems to be lacking. At least what I just pulled up on Mandrake's website. :P

Is the docs that are included in the boxed set this bad?

At least Red Hat provides some pretty good docs. They could be expanded, but compared to what I see from Mandrake they are an encyclopedia.

Jim H

[Spot]

???How do I install softtware in Mandrake 8.2?

First thing to try would be the Software Manager

I have no clue how to use the console...

http://members.tripod.com/~earthen/linuxcom.htm
http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie/lnag_basics.html
http://www.netspace.net.au/~gcross/primer/primer.html

When I click on an icon it asks me what I want to open it with but i don't have a clue?

That all depends on what file manager you happen to be using. If you're using the default KDE file manager (aka konqueror) the KDE help system is excellent.

[johnqpublic]

Is the docs that are included in the boxed set this bad?

At least Red Hat provides some pretty good docs. They could be expanded, but compared to what I see from Mandrake they are an encyclopedia.

Jim H
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Yea,I have been down the Drake road and docs in their boxed set I got were very lacking.A 5 min. search on the net would yield more information.

[DMAN]

No help...still lost. All I know is that when I click on an icon that looks like a gear, I get a window that opens up and asks me what to open it with...they are usually .exe files.

[trommaster]

well, theres the problem.
linux does not run windows executable files

[DMAN]

There's no way to make them run? And are all the icons that look like gears .exe files?

[trommaster]

you can run (some) windows programs on linux using wine (winehq.com or codeweavers.com)
not all cog proggies are windows, they have the +x attrib set (in a console, type ls -l and see on the left column)
windows things seem to have +x on them when copied from a fat partition to ext

Alastair

[DMAN]

How do i use wine to run .exe files? I have it installed from winehq, but all I see are windows folders. Also how do I run cogs that are Linux that aren't associates with anything?