if you're interested in getting newbies-only type meetings, jump on
the presidency about it...  i've been lobbying for it, and we got one
of them (the don't fear the penguin meeting recently), but if the
newbies start clammering for it, i think we can probably get meetings
at least once a month...  (honestly, i think it'll be good for the
club...)
~Erin


On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:27:32 -0600, David Darrough
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree. I think a discussion on basics like loading software, upgrading,
> etc. would be really great!
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Topher Fischer
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 1:16 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbies] Installing/Updating software
> 
> This is something that I've muddled through many
> times, but never had a good idea of what I was
> actually doing.  If someone could give a good
> explanation of the ideas behind the actions, I would
> be very happy and thankful.
> 
> I just decided to attempt to "upgrade" Gimp on my
> machine (which I guess is just the same as installing
> from scratch).  I'm running RH9, but I could only find
> an RPM for Fedora Core 1.  I didn't think it was the
> right one for me, but I got it and tried it anyway,
> but was then faced with a long list of dependencies
> that need to be taken care of first.  I've found some
> of them in tarballs, zipped in various formats, but
> now what?  How do I get them into thier proper places,
> configured properly, and such
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> (I wouldn't mind seeing something like this at an UUG
> meeting, but I think I'm the only real newbie that
> occasionally attends (sorry, astronomy's not my
> thing)).
> 
> ~Topher
> 
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