I think that this is the right place to place this...eventhough Mepis is built on Debian Linux

Anyway...

Hello,

I just finished installing Simply Mepis 3.3 on my hard drive (I got rid of Solaris 9...Mepis is a lot easier for me) and I have a question or 2:

1. I installed ProZilla and ProzGUI (using the Debian install files) and I'm pretty sure that they installed, I just dont know where to...where do installed files go? (I can see the files that they installed in the packet manager)

2. I want to install a "MSN Messenger" type program for linux...and I downloaded AMSN, but I could only install that source files...how can I compile it? Do I need speical files?


Thanks in advance

both these can be instaled through synaptic or k package manager
so you dont have to worry about where to install etc

Exactly. In addition, you can also install and or use GAIM without much trouble.

...but if I wanted to use them...where do I go to open the program?

Also...I think that "Clam Anti-Virus" is installed; where can I go to open and configure it?

Does Mepis come with a C++ or C compiler? (like GCC) because I wont to learn how to program

(What is GAIM?)

if U install through the package manager they will be in the menu
other wise type the name of the program in terminal will run it

Mepis comes with a C compiler

gaim is a instant messanger tha handles MSN yahoo jabber etc etc .... but google could have told U that

if u want to do some reading up


tips for linux explorers

linux links

Yolinux

Mepis is good in putting the things in menus (under KDE) .. in case you can't find them ..here are some alternate


typically executables are put in /usr/local/bin .. you can look there first.

you can try "which package" and it will show you where it found the package, however it will only look in your PATH.

If yo are still stumped ..
Open Synaptic Package Manager ..(need to be root and all that) .. search for your package by clicking on the "search button I think)
It will show you all the packages with matching names and the one's that are installed are "green" .. right click on the package you want and you will see an option menu
that has "installed files" .. or something similar .. it will show you what all the files were installed and where they were put-into.

Starting programs in Mepis is easy:

Alt-F2 and then type the program name in the popup box.

If you want to have feedback, then open the Konsole and type the name in there. Most of the time the name to start the program is the same as the package installed.

I got a new question:
I asked a friend of mine how to use MSN Messenger, AOL (and all other chat programs); he told he about Kopete

I asked him where do d/l it, but he said that it should be built into Mepis...I have had no luck in locating it.

Does anyone know where it is located?


Thanks in advance

Gaim is now used in mepis for IM