How to install debs?

Dear friends, I'm running Debian Slink (2.1) and trying to install Applix 5.0. Per instructions in the readme, I did cd /cdrom ./setup Things went smoothly till somewhere near the end, when the message appeared that the installer wanted to update my system. The following four

Where ( what) is rman?

Dear friends, My valiant attempt as a green user to obtain and insall KDE for slink has hit a snag. dselect shows thatrman is nt available and is needed for kdebase. Why would it not be available? Where can I get it? Thanks very much. -- Chris

Help installing Netscape

Dear friends, I have hesitated to ask this simple question here, but after quite along time, my head is sore from banging it against the wall . . . Several problems: * I downloaded 16 MB from

Where is KDE?

I feel dumb for asking, but . . . where do I find a Debian package of KDE? I have looked and looed. Obviously I'm looking in the wrong places -- Chris Joyner

Re: Unknown problem connecting

, 2000 at 07:11:16AM -0400, J. Hartzelbuck wrote: Using Debian, I've installed wvdial and can connect very nicely, but commands issued don't do anything! Ping doesn't respond, lynx doesn't respond. I'm new to all this, so don't know where I might be going wrong. Can anyone give any pointers

Diamond HomeFree phoneline 10 Mbps PCI and Linux?

Friends, A friend wants to put the Diamond HomeFree phoneline 10 Mbps PCI network in his computers at home. Doesn't want to run cable for ethernet. I think there is a chance he will want to try Linux and wonder if his network will work. Anybody know? Know where to find out? Are there any other

Unknown problem connecting

Hello friends, Using Debian, I've installed wvdial and can connect very nicely, but commands issued don't do anything! Ping doesn't respond, lynx doesn't respond. I'm new to all this, so don't know where I might be going wrong. Can anyone give any pointers? Thank you! -- Chris Joyner