i am very new to linux (programs install problem)
 

i am very new to linux i install new ver of mandrake and i try to install programs
i download the file and install the program after that the installtion end i can't find the program where can i find them
(where i have to go) thanks

What's the program you are trying to install called? Is it an RPM file? tar.gz file?

Having similair problems, i dled and installed (i think) firefox , but i cant find it anywhere. The download seemed to be executable to install and i followed onscreen stuff but i go no conformation message now i cant find a way to run firefox.

I search the computer and locate a firefox directory and it has stuff in it but no files which i can use to run the program!

/home/ebola/Desktop/firefox-installer

Is where firefox is for, clicking on the shell like thing titled "firefox" runs it.
That's all I know

<---:newbie:

yeah i have found out how to install... just not how to run it afterinstall!

I told you, click that shell called firefox.

yup got it now thanks!

I'm also new and i want to install yahoo messenger. i posted a message somewhere else and i've received an answer, but i still have problems. When i installed linux i chose no password at the chapter "root password". And now, i don't know how to log in as root to install the .rpm. I have also the version tar.gz But when i've tried to "extract" i don't know what happend but it wont work. Please help me because it's urgent! Thank you!

Micro420 i install RPM but tell us about all if you can and what about .bin files?

I've been wanting to install limewire, the installer required java to be installed, which i already did. I installed the j2sdk 1.4 on mandrake linux, and linked it to mozilla and now i can see applets running on the browser. However, the limewire installer still doesn't know that java is installed. This is the message i get:

"[rafa@00e0295c9f23 Installers]$ sh LimeWireLinux.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH
environment variable. You must install a VM prior to
running this program."

I am rather new in linux so this other problem i couldn't resolve by myself. Thanks for the help. :)

I also had to modify this file: .bashrc and it has the following content:

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/jre/bin:
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/jre/bin
export PATH
export JAVA_HOME


What's wrong or missing? Maybe my problem is the same as yours. Who knows?