how to install applications....plz help
as i have told u all erlier that i m a new user of linux....i installed REDHAT LINUX 9 ......
I would realy like to know...the procedure to install applications...... i found two kind of applications............ "RPM" and "tar.gz" i will be very thankfull ...if n e 1 can give me the procedure to install both kind of applications...... . . . . 1 more thing i double clicked the package called "WINAMP.rpm" ...it executed but i dont know if it has been installed or not...if it did then how can i open "WINAMP" plz help............ ppl as u all were very helpfull to me previously...i m very thankfull........that the members of this forum are so nice....... |
.rpm - RedHat Package manager - does the install automaticly.
.tar.gz - kind of like a .zip probably contains source code for you to compile it yourself but may contain a compiled app that you have to install manualy. rpm -i app.rpm will install app.rpm Winamp is a windows app so I don't know what that file was if you want something like winamp in linux try XMMS it can even use winamp skins. |
I'm going to give some short commands to do this. If you have any questions, a simple Google seach or a `man rpm` will help you.
Compiling prgorams (e.g. tgz): Code:
tar zxf application-name.tgz Can be installed by double clicking them in RedHat, or using: Code:
rpm -ivh program-name.rp Code:
man rpm By the way, the command to run the program you installed (winamp.rpm) is probably xmms. |
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