On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Clarence Verge wrote: > You are correct in assuming that information is required on how to > install programs. I ALSO wish it was as simple as copying the > executeable to some likely place and just running it, but it isn't.
You *can* create a directory like /home/you/bin, and add that to your path, 'PATH=$PATH:/home/you/bin'. Put all "your" programs there, and they execute without you having to type the whole path, or having to be in that dir and typing './programname' > First, it seems all the executeables go in /usr/bin. or /sbin or /usr/sbin or /bin. > Second, these things usually have other files associated with them > that seem do go wherever they like, all by themselves. Global config files generally go under /etc. Personal config files usually go under .programnamerc (hidden, so 'ls -al' to see) > Third, (maybe should be first) these applications apparantly only > work with certain flavors of Linux which agree with them. Generally, any post-1995 executable will work on any post-1995 Linux distribution. Certain package types run on certain types of systems, but tarballs should run on any system. > I sent the RPM because I THINK it contains everything - the > executeable, the docs and some info that allows an uninstall to > find everything. However, I believe it needs another executeable, > maybe called simply rpm, which Baslinux doesn't seem to have. Right. programname-1.2.3.rpm needs rpm to be installed. (I thought mc included rpm, but another of your mails indicates that not to be the case, at least sometimes.) > When I used it, I used it with PygmyLinux. All the small Linuxii > I have seem to have a little program or thing called rpm (6900 bytes) > which is hidden deep in a directory belonging to Midnight Commander. On my system it's simply in /bin/rpm and it's much larger than 6900 bytes. ;-) > I moved a copy of this to Baslinux and couldn't figure out how to > make it work. It seems to have no internal help. 'rpm --help' ? > I believe RPM stands for Redhat Package Manager. I'm probably wrong. Nope. You're right. ;-) > If someone else will provide info on what commands will make it work, > I'll provide rpm. The rpm you have (which you found deep within mc), will likely not work as a standalone program but give it a try anyway with 'rpm -ivh packagename-1.2.3.rpm' and see what happens. > I also moved the basic.tgz to baslinux and gunzipped it. It blew > up to 61400 bytes so I think it is a different basic and not part > of the package I sent you. Hmmm... the one I have (which is I *thought* the one I sent you) is -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41968 May 5 1998 /usr/bin/basic - Steve
