On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, Richard Spencer wrote about, Re: broken C++ compiler:
> But I would be interested in any info. you have about how to
> use Slackware. For I'm now beginning to lose faith in RedHat, and
> I'm interested in running Slackware--I've re-installed it today.
If you installed slackware the "adviseable" way, install everything, just
under one gig, then there should be no problems at all with any compiler.
> For example, I didn't have a clue where the proper place was
> to PUT the tarball before cd-ing to it and running
> tar -xzvf blah.tar.gz
Lawson told you howto see what directory structure is involved using tar, i
use zless, you can then see in the top left hand corner if the archive
creates its own directory or not. Most do, altho in some rare cases you
need to create you own directory first.
>
> So it's comforting to know that there's a fearless group
> of gurus out there, willing to help me on my quest!
It is enjoyable to see that we do actually help, thanks.
--
Regards Richard
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