Ronnie Boyd wrote: > Hello there. I am a long term Windows user/tech support > person who has recently installed Mandrake Linux, partly > out of curiosity, partly because I feel it's the coming > thing. I managed to install it, get it on our training LAN, > mount drives and what not without any bother, but I've run > into a spot of trouble trying to set up LinNeighborhood. > Now, I downloaded the LinNeighborhood rpm, and it seemed to > install ok, leaving me with some entries at the root. I > found a web page detailing what must be done to properly > unzip and install the Linneighborhood-0.6.5.tar.bz2 file,
instead, why not download and install the mdk9 rpm file from one of our 'contrib' mirror directories like the one below: http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/9.0/contrib/LinNeighborhood-0.6.5-1mdk > which is: > > tar -xzvf LinNeighborhood-0.6.5.tar.gz > cd LinNeighborhood-0.6.5 > ./configure > make > make install > > The problem is that when I enter the first line I get a > 'not in gzip format' message. I figured, ok then, I'll > install bzip2. This is where I've ground to a halt. I > installed bzip2 from files from a webpage, couldn't get it > to work. Then tried to install bzip2 from the Mandrake cd, > it reported that bzip2 was already installed. I changed the > 'file associations' to point any .gz or bz or bz2 files > towards the bzip2 app, but still no joy. > > Where am I going wrong? Why is it that bzip2 doesn't appear > anywhere on the start menu, or why is it that if I create a > desktop link to /usr/bin/bzip2, nothing happens when I > click on it? And if bzip2 really is installed, why can't I > get past the 'not in gzip format' bit. Why doesn't bzip2 > unzip the file instead of gzip refusing to? > > I installed Mandrake Linux 9.0 for the first time 10 days > ago. I'm using the KDE gui. The pc is a Compaq EVO P4, with > 256mb ram. > > Please help a Linux novice out? > > All the best > > Ronnie -- Alan
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