Re: [newbie] mandriva quickstart guide + faq

[Philippe Landau]

H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
On Sunday 10 April 2005 19:12, Philippe Landau wrote:
after installing Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official DVD
i am a bit lost.
the installation went fast and fine,
but i need thunderbird, firefox, gaim, amule.
can i install them through the software management interface ?

is there a faq answering such questions ?

I gather from your post you are very new to linux in general.
not really new, but not at home, right :-)
Try not to expect the same handling as you did in windows.
Do not (just)uninstall what doesn't seem to work for you, 
you might need it again later.
in debian a troubleshooting trick is to remove completely,
including the configuration files, through synaptic,
and then reinstall.
can mdr software manager remove config files too ?
Take your time to look around at what you've got installed...it's more than 
you think or can see at a first glance.

Yes, I would certainly advise to _only_ install via the software 
manager....that will save some disappointments, depencies_wise.
i will try then.
For tips, tricks and faq's check the twiki:
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome
ah great, thank you. now on:
http://mandriva.vmlinuz.ca/
"Getting started" points to the beautifully done
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/   that i needed today.
and everything done by the kind souls helping so much
on these lists too.
thank you all.
kind regards     philippe

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