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Just installed redHat 9.0 and found that to be the easy part, Managed to get the Wireless network working, connected through the cable modem to the internet and managed to get the e-mail working.
I was feeling really smug... Till I tried a simple thing like down loading Flash Player for Mozilla.
Why does it have to be so difficult to do a simple thing, like down loading a program?
Down loaded the plug-in into /home/james
Clicked on what looked like a package.
It appeared to create another directory /home/james/install_flash_player_6_linux
Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4
WARNING: A newer version of the Macromedia Flash Player has been detected in
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins.
The installer will overwrite this existing binary.
----------- Install Action Summary -----------
Macromedia Flash Player 6 will be installed in the following directory:
in the directory where u saved them.
then, staying root, do
Code:
apt-get install update
. and you will not have anymore problems installing any package. you may want to read some stuff on APT, or make some changes in the /etc/apt/sources.list.
all you will need is "apt-cache search xxx", and "apt-get install xxx" or "apt-get remove xxx"
APT is debians package management tool. redhat, seeing what it can do, and how it can make everyones life simpler, ported it for RH users. the details of APT can be found on debians (debian.org) site.
dont worry bout "loading stuff". those 2 links are from redhat rpm sites which i looked up for you (rh9 specifically).
if you installed those 2 rpm's as i suggested....
say you want to install xmms now.... what you will do is "apt-get install xmms".
if you want to install mozilla now .... "apt-get install mozilla"
yes, it must look confusing because of its simplicity, but thats what it does. it will look up "xmms" or "mozilla" in its lists of repositories (which is in the sources.list file i mentioned), download it, and any other dependencies it might need, and install it for you. so, it will search, download, check (+download if necessary) dependencies, and install for you, with only 1 command. 'leading to less use of aspirin trying to solve dependencies, and more productivity.
Trust the advice you've been given. apt-get is a MUST HAVE if you're new to Linux and running RH9. To take it even further, there's a gui frontend for it called synaptical...point and click instead of command line.
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Hi i did get flash to work
by going here and downloading what i needed..
Macromedia Flash Player 6 for x86 Linux
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