How do I install somthing on Lindows 4 ?
Hello,
I've been using Windows for about 10 years now, and 2 days ago someone gave me the CD of Lindows 4. I installed it yesterday, and it is the first time I have a "linux OS" on my computer. I tried to download some packages (i. e. divx for linux), but I don't know how to install it. I found on some website, that I have to type "make" or "make install" or "./configure", but when I type "make", the shell writes "command not found" and when i try "./configure" it says something like "the folder doesn't exists". "xmkmf" doesn't work either... Does anyone knows if I can install somthing on Lindows ? Maybe Lindows wants that I use the click-N-run option (but I don't want to pay 99 $ for crap !). Thanks, Cyrille |
What file did you download actually? Is it a tarball which has an extension like *.tar.gz/*.tar.bz?
In linux, there are 2 ways(or more?) of installing software. One is to install from source(./configure, make, make install) and the other is to install from packages made for your distribution. But either way you need to log in as root to install programs. This is all I can say for the moment as I am not sure what package system does Lindows use. |
hi
lindows is debian based and its really easy to install software. you dont need to use click and run unless you want to run proprietary and commercial applications. apt-get is the system used for software installation and upgradation. the debian.org site has extensive information but let me give you a brief intro the packaging system used is deb packages and is installed via a tool called dpkg. a front end called apt handles it better. apt-get update will update your packaging list. apt-get install <software> will install new stuff apt-get upgrade will update all the software in your system apt-get dist-upgrade will upgrade and install new stuff to the latest available apt-cache search <software> can be used to search the packaging list for stuff available apt-get install synaptic willl install a Graphical user interface for you. you can synaptic to do all the necessary stuff without using the command line /etc/apt/sources.list points to websites that apt uses to download new stuff and is called repositries check if its setup properly if not search for sources.list from debian.org. apt-get.org has a list of unofficial sites supplying new packages. have fun and post back if you have problems compilation from source is not really required unless you are using bleeding edge software. anyway tar zxvf something.tar.gz extracts it tar jxvf something.tar.bz2 for bz2 archives which are smaller. go into the extracted directory read the INSTALL or README file. usually ./configure make and as root user make install will work regards rahul sundaram |
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