How do you install/run fluxbox in RH9?
 

Oke this is MY! problem.....(s)



I dont get a clou about how it works
i'm from holland en i only want to get fluxbox runn
i use redhat 9 but i realy dont get it runn
i dont get a clou about how to use RPM files i do all the thinks the see but nothing happens i use for ears windows en wean i klik a exe file every thing wil go auto but in linux not i want to use the new genome control pannel wel hell no its gone work...:-(
i want to use fluxbox wel hell no its gone work no where on the internet is a nice end clear manual how you must install a RPM file i see only | rmp -Uvh bhla bhla | yhea right but what happens wean i do thate whats the perpos of it wear wil it go what directory is there enay one who wil explaen it to me PLEASE :-( i'm a realy nob but i can have it to not to know about how it's works i dont know what i'm doing en i dont wanne have thate i wanne know it so is there some one who can exsplean how it works i see so mutch pepole on tha internet who have the same problem as me becas the also dont know whate the doing yhe the see rpm -uvh bhle bhle blhe yhea i wil do thate in gods name its works but no it wont en why wel lets searh on google maby theres somthing about it en found somthing en ohe it works but how i dont know


Sorry for this long enoing tekst en bad engles but im realy hopless about it


tanks to all the people on the form you have help me a very long way but now i'm dont know it enemore


Tanks alot


Snakeice

first u dont need to get OFFENSIVE for an answer okay!! I hope this is clear from now on.

have u installed the fluxbox?
if not then install it using the rpm u got or from the tarball.
rpm -ivh fluxbox_installation_filename
or,
tar -zxvf fluxbox_tarball
./configure
make
make install

next go to your home directory and see for a .session file. if its not there create it and inside write the path to the fluxbox executable. logout and log back in.

but let me tell u the default kde and gnome panel are very superior than fluxbox. i used it and throw it away 'coz its not thaaaaaaaaaaat good.

i get a error check for gcc ... NO!

but i have done locate bin/gcc en he found it in /usr/bin/gcc296
/root/fluxbox-0.1.14/missing: Uknown
warning "missing"script is too old or missing

configure: error: no accetable C compiler found in $PATH

i want to upgrade mu gcc en run the RPM file but i dont know as what i have sat above here what i must do thane he sat 100% thate's all i realy dont know what to do nothing works :cry:

why are you not running a more recent version of linux?. You can google and find the information you want in dutch. danke veel you might find this helpful if you read german.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluxbox

here is more if you like:http://www.bartendavid.be/doc/howto/...s/fluxbox.html

Why do you want to run Linux anyway? Only because it is free? Typical Dutch disease. People think Linux is just Windows, but then free as in "you don't have to pay"

If you are dedicated to switch to Linux, be prepared to study a *lot*. It is different from Windows, but on the other hand there is so much information freely available on the Web. Start with reading for three weeks, make a selection for a beginners distro and start. You won't be able to download and watch movies the net day.

Good luck
jlinkels

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Translation:

Waarom wil je eigenlijk Linux draaien? Omdat het gratis is? Typisch een Nederlands trekje. Mensen denken dat Linux een soort Windows is, maar dan voor niets, zoals in "je hoeft er niet voor te betalen.

Als je je werkelijk wilt inzetten om naar Linux over te gaan, moet je voorbereid zijn *veel* te leren. Er is een groot verschil met Windows, maar aan de andere kant is het verschrikkelijk veel informatie beschikbaar op het Web. Begin eens met drie weken alleen maar te lezen, kies een goede distro uit, en begin. Je zult niet binnen een dag in staat zijn filmpies the downloaden en te bekijken.

Veel succes
jlinkels
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oh oke if you think about it thate way fine for me but one thing .. you are wrong it's not about free it's about to have a good webserver nothing els en thate i give all the linux user there right its good REALY! good so thate why i wanne use it en now i wanne use it for a webserver i see you can do mutch more with it thane only thate en thate's what i wanne try en my idee about a forum is to get answers about a problem but all you have given me is comment about thing you dont know
so help me if you are so good as given comment about shit ....

But my problem is:

[root@localhost fluxbox-0.l.14]# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build enviroment is sane... yes
/root/fluxbox-0.1.14.missing: Unkown '--run' option
Try '/root/fluxbox-0.1.14/missing --help' for more information
configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing
checkink for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

Well now what to do i have download gcc-3.2.2-5.src.rpm but dont know how to install it.... en the rest i realy dont know

All things to the side my opinion is to go get newer version of distro and start over. This is not a dutch thing or any other nationailty thing the issues is:


/root/fluxbox-0.1.14.missing: Unkown '--run' option
Try '/root/fluxbox-0.1.14/missing --help' for more information
configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing

hahah who rules MEEEEE

Wehaha i have don it BY MY SELF! lolz

do you all wane know wel ...

i just install all the gcc version you can think off en.. wel done all works

a dutch thing that will be my one decision if it's wel or not

But the thing is I HAVE DONE IT! Whoe ha i'm GOOD!

Oke i'm sorry but i just YEAL! to fast

Configure: error: Fluxbox requires the window System libraries and headers

all right i'm wurs i know but wel i have mead it to this so i wil what i gone take to make it work

Lolz

All help are welkom :P

Good job for now, though I'd say that multiple GCC versions can't be a good thing. On that note, bad English can never be a good thing either.

haha lolz but tanks " i think" :P

Your best bet is to get a newer distro. Try ubuntu, or Fedora Core 4 (Latest "Redhat" version). Both of these come with package managers, so you don't need to compile from source.

Also, why fluxbox? Being very new, I think you may be more comfortable with Gnome or KDE.

--Ian

I have changed the title to be more descriptive and I'm moving this post to Linux - Newbies. Goodluck.

Well people i just have take your advice so i'm just moving to LRH Fedora core 4
but i have hangs for about 4 time sins i have install it so i dont know but rh 9 i never have hang.... :-( but we will see i gone see hwat i can do with this version

Tanks
i hope i can count on you all to help me .. "Lol"
if you are all not already bin tired off me :P


Tanks tha snake snakeice :D

rh9 is good. i use the same and i installed fluxbox in it with no hazzales. if you are installing from a rpm and it shows u dependency problems then just go get all the packages that shows in the dependency list from the net ( u may find some of it in u rh9 distribution cd as well) and they again try to install afresh.
if you are installing from a tarball and it shows missing files then just replace them or install them. download the one's you need and do it. its not that complicated you know once you get the hang of things. i know windows a lot easier in installations but its rather sluggish in performance, security and configuration. Don't take my word for that-try it yourselves.

NOTE: YOU MAY REINSTALL YOUR GCC COMPILER TO A NEWER VERSION OR THE ONE YOU FIND IN YOUR RH9 DISTRIBUTION CD.