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Right i have been annoying myself to install Linux in one of my machines and i have eventually install red hat 7.2. I got a few tyhings i dont understand, I have worked out how to install an RPG file, and how to uncompress archives, however i have downloaded a few programs that were archives and i am scoobed to know how to install the applications? What commands do i need?
Also the internet is connected via a file storing server, which means all my computers has access to the internet, I got Linux on the internet no problem but i cant find a way to access my files, i dont see an option of My Network Places or a matter of putting in the address \\<pcname> . all information i would be greatful.
You can uncompress and unarchive tarball types with
tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz
or
tar -zxvf filename.tgz
Then cd into the extracted directory and usually you'll have a readme file or an install text file that might have installation instructions, which usually consists of:
./configure
make
make install
Double-check the read-me/install files though, just in case there are any other instructions.
yeah how do you run the commands though? like i said i know how to uncompress them, but i cant make heads or tails of the install text file, sorry i am really new to Linux and its confused me to hell.
If you intend to debug stuff, you may want to compile with debugging
symbols:
make distclean ; ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome --enable-debug
Building VLC
============
Have a look at the generated Makefile.opts file, you may want to choose
which modules will be compiled as plugins, and which ones will remain in
the core application. The configure script tries to guess for you.
Once configured, run `make' to build VLC.
Installing and running VLC
==========================
You can install the VLC and its plugins by typing:
make install
But you don't need to install it if you don't want to; VLC can be launched
from the current directory as well:
./vlc
Building packages
=================
To build a Debian package, you may use:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
To build RedHat packages, use:
rpm -ba vlc.spec
To build an ipkg package (iPAQ familiar Linux), use:
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