I just got done with installing RedHat 8.0 on my computer. Everything seems to be running just fine but I need a few programs to get some things to work with. First I need to know how to get programs that I download for linux to install, where to install and how to install them. Secondly I need to know how to get my mp3's and cd's to work with that xxms or even the cd player. They both gave me troubles and niether would work. My sound works fine I hear everything else that makes a noise like the instant messenger and stuff, but not on those. I would really appreciate any help I could get and links to resources for me to read up on too. Thanks.

you can download the RPM package, and run "rpm -i packagename" to install them. the system will take care of everything.

optionally, if you download the traditional unix tarball package, you run "tar xvzf filename" to extract and uncompress it. then you read the README and INSTALL files to get detailed instructions.

the ones I got didnt tell me what to do. and do you put those commands into 'run' ? I know that sounds stupid but im not familar with too much other than XP Pro

RedHat uses RPMs which stand for RedHat Package Manager files. You use the RPM command at the command line or the application installation program to install the programs.

As for what you need, please be specific. It's sometimes helpful to launch programs from a command line to get error messages that you can relate. For instance, find the command that is used to launch the app you want. type it at the command line and tell us here what error messages you get generated...

to play mp3 in redhat you need patch that can be downloaded from www.xmms.org from the first page secondly programs if you want them in rpm forman www.rpmfind.net is the place and for redhat www.freshrpms.net is another site to install them type rpm -i packagename and if you are using gnome or kde double click on them a package manager will open and install them if they are in .tar.gz pakage you need to compile them by hand and you will need development packages from redhat cd install them using redhat-config-packages

k, I will try that. I'll have to do it tommorow I have school and have to go to work to so I will try it when I get home. Thnx much.

you are welcome

okay what I'm looking for are some good file sharing, web design, networking tools, games, programming, and drivers for a few things and just general RedHat Linux stuff. I have used XP so long that im used to having those setup screens that walk you through everything. Are the RPM's similar to that?

no screen just command and it installs it self unless you are using redhat-config-package

file sharing gtk-gnutella
SciTE a good programming editor support nearly all languages and very lite

okay I think it worked, that was kinda hard to do for me, but I guess alot of it will be since im such a n00b, lol, wait that didnt work, what I tried to install was flash player
I did what the directions said but it errored during the install. What am I doing wrong here? this is what it said

----------- Install Action Summary -----------

Macromedia Flash Player 6 will be installed in the following directory:

Mozilla installation directory = /home/bigbill/.mozilla

Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): y
cp: cannot stat `/libflashplayer.so': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/flashplayer.xpt': No such file or directory

NOTE: Please ask your administrator to remove the xpti.dat from the
components directory of the Mozilla or Netscape browser.

chmod: failed to get attributes of `/home/bigbill/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so': No such file or directory
chmod: failed to get attributes of `/home/bigbill/.mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt': No such file or directory

Installation complete.


Perform another installation? (y/n):

I wouldnt think that my mozilla folder is even in my home/bigbill/.mozilla
i never have seen that folder. What did I do wrong?

There is no native flash player for Linux... at least last I heard,...

You have to have the codeweavers plugin thing installed to run the win flash player...

Yes there is. It's downloadable at the Macromedia site. Version 6 comes with a plugin for Netscape/Mozilla and gflashplayer, a gtk front-end for viewing flash movies.

As for that error, I'm not sure - never had any problems myself when installing Flash. It looks like you're trying to install it from a normal user account though rather than as root. Personally, I'd install it as root to make it system wide.

here is the flash d/l site
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/...ernates/#linux
try the rpm for it

well I got the rpm, when I clicked it, the window asking me for my root password poped up and then it acted like it was going to install then it told me that it could not be read becuase I dont have permissoins and junk. Why cant installing programs in linux be like installing programs in windows? why did they make it so difficult? I'm really starting to feel stupid now...I cant figure this out and its making me mad

only root can install or deletes programs under linux root is the god of linux you can think about it that way and in linux some packages has depencies depenci is a program that must be installed before installing other program if you install from redhat cd it will automaticly install it but if you download it you need to install depencies to