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Old 05-01-2004, 07:37 PM   #1
Diminished7th
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Installing applications

I've recently installed Fedora Core 1. Last night in fact. I've never used linux before, so I was wondering if anyone would mind telling me how to install programs/applications. I'm afraid windows has eaten away at my mind and dulled my logic.
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Old 05-01-2004, 07:40 PM   #2
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Wow, that's a huge topic...
In Fedora, you can execute a rpm file and follow the screens - more or less - like in win. These installable files are called packages and have the extension .rpm.
You can compile from source too, but try rpm first.
 
Old 05-01-2004, 08:12 PM   #3
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Whats up abom!!! Here are some links for you - start reading man.

the second link is a bit more concise, start there.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html

http://www.techtutorials.com/tutoria...allation.shtml
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