I appreciate all of the comments. I think I have installed Samba, and now need to move on to the configuration. I reviewed the apt-get page recommended and installed it. I ran it, and found that there is a duplicate installation of gimp-print. I did install it, apparently without realizing that it was already there. It reads:
There are two or more versions of the package 'gimp-print' installed in your system, which is a situation APT can't handle cleanly at the moment. Please do one of the following: 1) Keep at most one version of the package in the system; or 2) If you do want to keep multiple versions of that package, lookup RPM::Allow-Duplicated in the documentation. So, my next question... how do I uninstall? :-) Thanks-- Andrew On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 22:03, David Smith wrote: > Perfect, 'rpm -Uvh file.rpm' is what I use too. The 'U' means Upgrade. > The 'v' means Verbose, and the 'h' means Hash (show the "####" marks as > it installs). You are probably getting dependency errors. Most of these > can be avoided by using apt-get instead of RPM. apt-get actually uses > RPM underneath, but it downloads the RPMs for you automatically and > resolves any dependencies too. For example, if I want to install > samba-server, but it depends on samba-common, apt-get will download and > install both of them for me automagically. Here's more info on apt-get: > > http://uug.byu.edu/apt > > I've personally found the man pages for rpm to be a little hard to > understand from a beginner's standpoint, but for more experienced users, > they are quite good. I've found that to be the case with most of them > actually. Once you start to get the "feel" of man they make a lot more > sense. Good luck. > > A note on tar files: You almost never need to use tar balls. There > almost always exists an RPM you can use instead. It's generally easier > to maintain a system where you have not built everything from source > (since there's no way to easily know where all the files have gone for > uninstallation later). I would avoid it if I were a newbie. > > --Dave > > On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 20:05, Erin! wrote: > > i haven't seen any good tutorials, but a friend who uses linux a lot > > taught me that for rpms: > > rpm -Uvh yourfilename.rpm > > and for tars: > > tar -zxvf yourfilename.tar > > work nicely... that's what i've used... (if any of this is wrong, > > please post something... i'm not completely sure what the letters > > mean... if you want more info, try > > man tar or man rpm > > the man files are actually very very helpful when learning linux.. > > hope this helps and doesn't confuse you more... like you, i'm very > > very slowly learning this :) > > ~Erin > > > > > > > > --- Andrew Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi to all. Are there any good general tutorials regarding > > > application > > > installation? For example, the use of RPM, make and so on? > > > Specifically, I am trying to install Samba on RH8.0 using an RPM and > > > am > > > getting nowhere. I fear that I am the newest of newbies, so a very > > > introductory tutorial wold be very helpful. Many thanks. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > newbies mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > > > > ===== > > The pledge of allegiance to the flag is a pledge to the ideals of our forefathers, > > the men who fought and died in the building of this great nation. It is a pledge > > to fulfill our duties and obligations as citizens of the United States, and to > > uphold the principles of our constitution. And last but not least, it is a pledge > > to maintain the four great freedoms treasured by all Americans: freedom of speech, > > freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. > > ~Lee Greenwood > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
