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10-25-2009, 12:36 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2009
Location: Ohio
Distribution: Linux Mint 7 Gloria
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A Few Basic Linux Questions (Mounting ISO, Make Install, Etc.)
For the most part I am able to find out how to do things on Linux. (I am on Linux Mint 7 Gloria)
Yet there is a few things I am struggling with.
1. Is there any way to make virtual disc drives where an ISO File can be mounted (similar to daemon tools lite on windows)
2. I am not 100% how make install works or how to use it. Any explanations, or links would be nice.
3. What Are The Console Commands That Everyone should know?
4. Is there any free E-Books on Linux or And Documentarys on Linux (Bedsides The Code Breakers & Revolution OS
Thank You In Advance. ^_^
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10-25-2009, 12:54 PM
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10-25-2009, 01:04 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
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Originally Posted by Melon Bread
For the most part I am able to find out how to do things on Linux. (I am on Linux Mint 7 Gloria)
Yet there is a few things I am struggling with.
1. Is there any way to make virtual disc drives where an ISO File can be mounted (similar to daemon tools lite on windows)
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Sure, look at the man page for the mount command, specifically the loopback option. Mounting ISO's as loopbacks is common, and you should be able to find sample commands on Google, or on this very site.
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2. I am not 100% how make install works or how to use it. Any explanations, or links would be nice.
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That depends on the software, though as a rule, "make install", will compile (if you didn't compile it already with the "make" command), the software, then copy/move the file(s) to their respective destinations, depending on where the software needs/wants to be installed. Again, that's dependent on the software....different programs, different locations
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3. What Are The Console Commands That Everyone should know?
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Too many to list...mv, cp, mount, dmesg, ifconfig are just a few. Most all commands have a man page you can access for full information on the command (sometimes with examples), by typing in "man <command name>", like "man mount".
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4. Is there any free E-Books on Linux or And Documentarys on Linux (Bedsides The Code Breakers & Revolution OS
Thank You In Advance. ^_^
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Not that I'm aware of, but Google is your friend.
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10-25-2009, 01:05 PM
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Registered: May 2006
Location: Chisinau, Moldova
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1. mount -o loop -t iso9660 /place/of/iso /directory/to/mount/ (for more info open your terminal and type "man mount")
2. If you are using any distro, instead of LFS, you should use "make install" once in a lifetime only if the official repositories don't have a piece of soft you need. So, if you are using a debian-based system (ubuntu, Debian, knoppix, etc),
you should use aptitude, or it's graphical equivalent, synaptic. If you use a RPM-based system (like RHEL or Fedora), you should use yum.
But if can't stop building something from source:
a) open a terminal and change dir to the location of code ("cd /home/you/etc/etc")
b) "make"
c) "make install"
If you have all the needed compilers and other stuff, you shouldn't have problems with that.
3. ls, cp, mv, chmod,chown, passwd, vim. Try to understand by yourself what is their meaning and how to use them (man <command>)
4.The best source of information are the man pages. Also try www.tlpd.org.
P.S. Read this after you'll post another time : http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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10-25-2009, 01:32 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2009
Location: Ohio
Distribution: Linux Mint 7 Gloria
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Oh Me Gosh!
Thank You All So Much.
Also Thank You For all Of The Wonderful Links.
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10-25-2009, 06:43 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Sydney
Distribution: Rocky 9.x
Posts: 18,434
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05-09-2012, 03:24 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: Michigan USA
Distribution: OpenSUSE 13.2 64bit-Gnome on ASUS U52F
Posts: 1,444
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Melon Bread
3. What Are The Console Commands That Everyone should know?
4. Is there any free E-Books on Linux or And Documentarys on Linux (Bedsides The Code Breakers & Revolution OS
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If you read the books and other documentation then you will learn the commands. Here are the links to some books
http://slackware.com/book/
http://shop.fsf.org/category/books/
http://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html
Good luck to you!
Last edited by TroN-0074; 05-09-2012 at 03:35 PM.
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05-09-2012, 03:42 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Central New York
Distribution: RPM Distros,Mostly Mandrake Forks;Drake Tools/Utilities all the way!GO MAGEIA!!!
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AutoTools seems to Avoid the exposure it warrants.
http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html
Don't think "Make and configure".Think AutoTools.
Last edited by theKbStockpiler; 05-09-2012 at 03:45 PM.
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05-09-2012, 04:24 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
Posts: 17,148
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You realize that you answer to a three years old thread that was resurrected by a spammer?
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05-09-2012, 04:58 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: Michigan USA
Distribution: OpenSUSE 13.2 64bit-Gnome on ASUS U52F
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Originally Posted by TobiSGD
You realize that you answer to a three years old thread that was resurrected by a spammer?
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Good point. I didnt noticed that, Thank you for point it out
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