A bit behind on some replies I wanted to send...
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 16:16, Darksyde <m_alexander61@
> --- In LINUX_Newbies@
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>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 00:26, kcdomapps <kcdomapps@.
>>> Hi,can someone please compile an absolute idiots guide to installing programs
>>> that are downloaded as tar files etc.I have read on line that you have to create a
>>> folder etc but even that wasn't that clear!
>> Sure... but first... Folders exist in Windows. Linux has Directories.
>> Not that I'm trying to sound deliberately difficult, but nomenclature
>> is important ;-)
>> <SNIP>
> Jeff, just wanted to say thanks for that answer and Kelvin, good question that many
> of us neo's are afraid to ask. There was a time when I cringed at any download that > didn't end with ".deb"...and that time hasn't ended, to be honest. There are times
> when I've used Archive Manager to extract a package only to find out that I had no
> idea where the hell it went, which is, IMHO, another great advantage to biting the
> bullet and jumping into the terminal.
> Ciao,
> Mark
Not to make myself sound old or anything... but there was at time when
I cringed at the thought of anything labled .deb or .rpm... tar.gz or
tar.bz2 was the only way to go... compiled binaries? Bah! I'll
compile my own.
But I found as time went on that I got lazy, and the idea of compiling
everything on my own became tedious and boring...
So now, I just compile when I need to and everything else I try to
find pre-compiled binaries to get what I want. It's faster, easier,
and less of a headache until you have to go dependency hunting ;-)
Cheers,
Jeff
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