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rrfish72 11-17-2004 04:37 PM

Installing new programs...
 
How do I go about installing any programs like yahoo messenger or firefox? I haven't yet even downloaded it yet so a site to get these at would be also helpful.

secesh 11-17-2004 04:44 PM

firefox -- mozilla.org
-- it has a binary executable

yahoo -- messenger.yahoo.com
-- never run that

mjmwired 11-17-2004 06:20 PM

It depends on what distribution you have.

rrfish72 11-17-2004 07:28 PM

Mandrake 10. I got the firefox to install but dont know where it installed to. Want to put a shortcut on my desktop but can't find it. Where would it go by default when installing it. I have yahoo set up on kanotix through klik but don't know how to do it in Mandrake 10.1 community.

Indech 11-17-2004 08:46 PM

Don't go randomly downloading packages and trying to install them. Most distros have a package manager that allows you to install packages without the worries of dependency problems. Mandrake's is urpmi(console)/rpmdrake(gui).

Check out this thread for more information:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=255330

The Chain 11-18-2004 12:59 AM

for all your chat needs

gaim.sourceforge.net


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