I cant install programs!!!!

pman · 02-22-2005, 03:22 PM

Im new to linux and im trying to install XMMS, emacs, gmail notifier. How do you install programs? The readme makes no sense. The main one I woulfd like to get up and running is XMMS. It is on my Fedora Core 3 cd, but when it asks for CD2, I put it in and it says it cant read it. It reads it ok when I click the cd icon. This is the same for emacs. I then downloaded the rpm's for XMMS and emacs, but I dont know how to install them as I said above

Thanks in advance. Im using Fedora Core 3.

david_ross · 02-22-2005, 04:04 PM

If you downloaded the rpms:
rpm -ivh /path/to/package.rpm

pman · 02-23-2005, 10:25 AM

sorry... they're in tar.bz2 format

rylan76 · 02-23-2005, 11:28 AM

Ok, I am assuming you know how to open a terminal and get to root user level. Once there, do

bunzip2 archivename.tar.bz2

When the program finishes, try

tar xvf archivename.tar

which will extract the archive.

Check what directory was created, for example, if it was XMMS you just un-tarred, look for a directory with XMMS in it in the current directory.

Change to that directory.

Once you are in it, do

./configure
make
make install

which will "install" the software.

perfect_circle · 02-23-2005, 11:38 AM

But you can also follow david_ross's instruction and install the rpm manually from the cd

doublejoon · 02-23-2005, 11:58 AM

too unpack tar.bz2

tar -xjvf ******tar.bz2

pman · 02-24-2005, 11:23 AM

I dont get the ./configure bit and the lines following

david_ross · 02-24-2005, 11:30 AM

The configure script is used to let you set any options such as the install location or specific library paths that are required for the software to compile.

The output from the configure script is letting you know if there are any problems. Take a look at this LA:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=15

perfect_circle · 02-24-2005, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by pman
I dont get the ./configure bit and the lines following

It also automativally detects what OS you are using (linux,minix,solaris..etc), checks if everything needed for the compilation are present, locates the path for some libraries, enables and disables features, acoording with what is installed on your system. You can also add options to ./configure, if you want to overwrite the default things, and adds all this stuff into a file called Makefile. Then the make program, reads this file.