how to install softwares

shamsher alam · 06-22-2005, 08:16 AM

I want to know how to install any software in linux.
I also want to know what is rpm,mandrike.

shamsher alam · 06-22-2005, 08:39 AM

How can we run executable files in linux.

shamsher alam · 06-22-2005, 08:42 AM

How we can run executable files in linux

oneandoneis2 · 06-22-2005, 08:54 AM

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I want to know how to install any software in linux.

./configure
make
make install

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I also want to know what is rpm,mandrike.

RPM is the RedHat Package Manager format - precompiled binaries that can be installed directly to your PC.
Mandrake is a distribution of Linux that uses RPMs

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How we can run executable files in linux

./filename