Does anyone know where I could find a good linux tutorial on installing programs? I have an old test server and I'm trying to fiddle around with it.(its got fedora core 3)
I noticed that installing programs isn't as easy as it is on windows
I believe most people use something like debian's apt-get.
For Red Hat/Fedora you have to search for "Dag Wiers" i know he's busy on apt 4 rpm and yum.
I did try yum once. It was kinda confusing. It said it was installing and it threw files everywhere. at the time I was installing UnrealIRCd. I could never figure out what yum did with everything.
Any guides on installing manually? Like downloading the program and installing it?
In the config file for the program I was trying it said to type /config I think it was. I could never get that to work. I tried it in terminal but no luck. I finally just ran the config file and that got partially through installation but I had no idea what anything was for or even how to start the process...
As you may have noticed I dont normally use linux. I normally hire people to do it for me.
usually you are in the same directory as where the configure script resides... and most of the times . is not in the default path.
so you have to type ./configure instead of configure
i don't know if you are planning to learn what you are doing, or keep paying people that have learned it to do for you, but at http://www.amath.washington.edu/~lf/tut ... l_toc.html
you can find a quite extensive manual (i guess you only need the section on how people will use the distributed code)
i remember when i started with linux 7 years ago it was impossible to understand everything. but i had that same feeling when i started using windows95 2years before.... In the end it's just a matter of habit...
sorry I should have stated this before. I am interested in learning how to work better with linux. Its easy to write off something to someone else. But If I do that I know that I wont be going anywhere and Web Dummy IS will grow a lot slower because costs would be higher.
Of course I know for a fact it will be a long time before I stop hiring linux technitions but I would rather it happen sometime than never.
I'll look into that manual. Thanks.
If anyone else knows of any good manauls please post them here to.
Could a moderator or admin start a topic on linux tutorials and just have links to other manuals/tutorials? That would be great, I know people are busy but it would help me and probably many others.
If you get the RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) installer installed ok then you can just download .rpm files which will install much like a .msi on a Windows Box.
Installing stuff you have to compile is pretty straightforward once you've done it a few time too.
Just extract the files and look at the INSTALL file to get the instructions.