The Bushman wrote:
>
> downloaded wordperfect its a .gz file but basically just getting starting
> and trying to figure how to even install something off a cd. figured out
> how to mount my cdrom now installing is the big question.
Ah. WordPerfect is a little strange to try and figure out what you're
supposed to do with it. I have a feeling that they named the file so
that people would be able to download it under Windows without having
filename corruption. Anyway, here's what I used:
gzip -d guilg00.gz # gunzip guilg00.gz would also work
mkdir wp
cd wp
tar xvf ../guilg00
./Runme
To install the .rpm files on the CD, use the command:
rpm -Uvh <filename.i386.rpm>
to install it.
> > > The Bushman wrote:
> > >
> > > bear with this newbie for a minute but i am so used to windows. Got
> > > the linux-mandrake distro installed but for the life of me cannot
> > > figure out how to install the source code for a program i downloaded.
> > > Please help and be kind.
> >
> > Of course!
> >
> > Depending on the name of the source code file that you downloaded, the
> > steps are probably something like:
> >
> > tar zxvf <programfile>
> >
> > to unpack it. That will work for packages that are named something like
> > '.tar.gz' or 'tgz'.
> >
> > Lemme know the filename of what you downloaded and I can probably be
> > more specific.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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