my situation
 

hello

i don't know much about linux... my friends use it so im also trying to use it. i got the slackware 10.1 disc and installed it with no problems! my computer (compaq notebook 100) is bad/slow and i also prefer a minimal system with no good looking or anything like that, so i installed only the first disc with no kde or gnome, and im using... xfce or whatever as my windows_something, my internet conection is working! i used ping and i got a reply.

now to get started i will need a file browser, i remember that when my friends in the past installed slackware in this computer they installed "xfe" which is very good because it is simple and does everything! i don't know where i can get and how to install it, could anyone guide me?
please remember:
1- i have no internet browser installed, i can use microsoft windows to get the file and then with slackware linux go to the place where the file is to install
2- i know NOTHING about how to install it

after this i want to install mozilla firefox, where should i install it? i mean, in what folder/where? and xfe? thanks

thank you for your time

xfe requires fox, and neither are available as tgz's from
http://www.linuxpackages.net for 10.1 yet ... I don't know
whether fox requires MORE stuff to be installed prior to
xfe ... I'd suggest trying mc in an xterm ;)


Cheers,
Tink

From your past posts, it seems you really should apply yourself to reading some documentation. Expecting to be spoon-fed is antisocial and wasting other people's time. Please be considerate!

A good starting place is the Linux wiki on this site; you should also look at the Slackware handbook if you want to continue using that distro:
http://www.slackware.org/book/

Best wishes,

Samsara

samsara: what do my other posts have to do with this?

Tinkster: thanks, so i see that it would be hard to install xfe... what can i do? is there any other good and small file browser? thanks

It's not really hard, it's just a bit more effort than doing
an "installpkg xfe-<blurb>.tgz" .... I don't have fox installed,
so can't tell you what it needs, it may be just the two things
you need to compile from source...


Cheers,
Tink

this might be of use....

Rox

it's a great and easy file manager...and very light running.

once you download it, install it
as root on slackware with:

installpkg <packagename>.tgz

but thats a window manager, i just want a file browser

by the way, my other question about where to install software
after this i want to install mozilla firefox, where should i install it? i mean, in what folder/where? and xfe? thanks

thanks for your time

I was recommended to install new programs in /usr/local/bin

okay i will install them there! thanks!!

what abou how to install xfe, could anyone help me?

thank you

How about you download the source, read the instructions
and get started, and when you get stuck come back and
ask? :) After all it's about Linux-Questions, not "Can you
do it for me?" ...


Cheers,
Tink