On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:59:47 +0100
Stojs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is there anywhere I can find help on each package in mandrake 8.1?
>
> Here you advice people to use different packages that I know nothing
> about and sometimes even understand nothing of. It�s a bit embarrasing
> to get a good answer to a question and immediately come back saying "I
> installed what you suggested, what is it and how do I configure it?".
>
With the range and scope of the pkgs avaiable for linux and the names given
to each if can be hard for Anyone to know what each is or does.
If you want a DIY approach a good place to start is kpackage.
This will list all the rpms installed on your system divided into cats.
When you select an rpm a short describe is given as to what the app does,
any depends it has and what other pkgs it provides.
For more in depth explains, many apps come with either manuals and/or
help files.
To access these open a terminal and enter: man 'package name' or 'package name'
--help
2 examples: man samba
This will display the samba manual
: rpm --help
This will display the rpm help file
There are of course other resources that can be used, this list, google-linux,
a 'good' linux refernce book (2 or 3 if you're like me).
Charles
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