Extreme Newbie

[BayouBengal]

I am really new. And I need Help. I have just installed Mandrake 7.2 and I am trying to install netscape 6.1 and opera and I do not know what to do. I read the instructions and I am still lost. How do you install rpm files and .bin files

[Linesiders]

I'm new at it too and using red hat but with the *.rpm file you should be able to just right click on it and show the info and it will check for dependencies, provider, and give you the option to install... Best to rtfm just to know what to look for when you install it...

[freaker]

This will help you install the rpm's
RPM NHF (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/redh/rpmcheat.html)

for the bin, you should
>chmod 755 foo.installer.bin
>./foo.installer.bin
that will run the netscape installer for you..

hope that helps


freaker :cool:

[ph34r]

Other common extensions and thing to do to them -

.tar.gz or .tgz - a gzipped tar file - tar xzf filename (or installpkg if its a Slackpak)
.rpm - rpm -ivh filename.rpm
.deb - dpkg
.zip - unzip
.gz - gunzip

and .run, .sh, and .bin are usually "installer" files, you make them executable (chmod +x foo.[.run|.sh|.bin]) and then run them ./foo<tab>