Hi Ravi,
look for answers below. By the way if you ask too many questions people are
usually will not answer. Better keep your q's short and simple. i personally think
that if you asked these q's separately you would have got a better repsone.
Another thing, you might want to search google before you ask questions that
might already have been asked... Or the archives, there are some issues with the
geocrawler thing, but here's what i'd do, search using google.
Put this in a google search
"string to search" site:www.linux-india.org
* Ravi Sinha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> 2. Like in windows, there is the Add/Remove option in Control Panel and I
> mostly install new software under Programs Files. Similarly, where should I
> dload and install new software here? Which directroy should server the same
> purpose as Programs Files in Windows? Also, how do I remove programs? I have
> a few incomplete installations and dont know how to get rid of them.
On RedHat, all packages come in form of rpm(s). To install them, you'd
#rpm -ivh name.package.i386.rpm
The rpm extension is to tell that the file is an rpm :) the i386 to specify
the architechure, in your case i386, most probably ;-)
To uninstall you'd
#rpm -e <package name>
To query for package discription you'd
#rpm -i <package name>
That is if you want to stick to cmd line, else you can try gnorpm.
> 3. Could you explain the directory structure? I dont know what each dir. is
> for, what to put where etc.
This is a long one, off-hand i can't tell you were to look, but try searching google
for
Linux+directory+structure
> 4. Is there any MS word/powerpoint viewer available? I stil get emails
> attached with word docs and I am unable to view them or modify them.
Try kword, to edit files. Just to view, well search
freshmeat.net
> 5. Which is the best browser for Linux? I have netscape 4.77 but its not
> great. I tried dloading net. 6.1 but it doesnt install. Could u please send
> net 6.1 and other good browsers on ur next CD?
Our next cd... This is linux-india-help a mailing list, and it doesn't have no cd...
If you meant PCQ well, then you mailed to the wrong address, makes me wonder are you
actually reading this...
Anyway if you are using RH 7.1, kconquerer is good enough and must be installed by
default, probably.
> 6. Also, as I am new to Linux, I wanted to know that is it possbile to do
> everything from the terminal screen say dial to the net, surf, issue various
> commands etc? Can I get a comprehensive list of the most often used shell
> commands?
Well, initially i think you should read the manual pages...
do this once at the command prompt
#man man
It would do you good to read the man pages of
ls, mkdir, rmdir, cat, touch, shutdown, less, rpm, rm, cd, chmod, chown, chgrp, rm,
find, locate, su, sudo.
for starters.
Everything from cmd line?
well then learn to use an editor... joe, vi, emacs, whatever.. try them. Emacs bit be
too stiff for you... start with joe or pico or even vim. Do this much first, after
which its long road ahead.
> 7. The KDE version shipped is 2.1.2 and kde.org now gives 2.2.1. I wanted to
> upgrad the package but I dont how to install the package and also what
> package to select from the website for downloading. Will I lose my current
> settings, internet cnxns, installed software? Please help me out.
i'd say stick to it, there are better things to do for you then download over
a dial-up and install (a hefty package) Kde. Read the documenation it must be in
/usr/share/doc
on you system.
www.ldp.org
is another place.
> I know I am asking alot but I think these are very common issues that many
> newcomers might be facing.
Well, you certainly asked a lot of questions. Moreover a lot of them are subjective...
Read the documentation, search the web, buy a book. Don't keep aasking such questions
or sooner or later someone on some news group or list will tell you to rtfm - "read
the f*ing manual", and you'd be unnecessarily pissed. Don't learn it the hard way.
--
Sweet are the uses of Absurdity.
--me, circa unknown
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