Linux Mandrake 7.0 problems/questions

[Richard Wegner]

Hi there,

I have a few questions...

I installed Linux-Mandrake 7.0 on my Pentium 133mhz system. It runs ok, but how do I do the following...

1) Connect to the internet

2) Install a GUI (not XWindows)?

3) Install any program from either floppy or cdrom?

Thanks! :)

[Tyr-7BE]

1) Depends totally on how you connect to the internet. If it's via modem, Drake has a built-in modem dialer somewhere in there using the ppp daemon. Wish I could tell you more but I don't know much about that. It's in there though :) If you're using aDSL, download roaring penguin from rpmfind (http://rpmfind.net/). RPM is a package manager and will pretty much install your adsl for you. Type RPM --help for more info. Mandrake comes with many RPM handlers for XWindows, my personal favorite being krpm (I think that's what it's called). Try typing krpm at the prompt to see what happens. If it's cable, I have no ideer...never done that before :)
2) What GUI is it that isn't XWindows? Whatever it is, you would download it and install it like a normal program.
3) This depends on what type of install you're doing. If it's rpm, at the prompt type "rpm --help" and that will tell you how to do it (not the best method, in my opinion). If it's compiling from source, type "ls". If you see a "configure" option, type "./configure" or "sh configure" when you're logged in as root (to do this type "su"). Once that's done, you should see a file called "Makefile" in the directory. Whenever there's a "Makefile" present, just type "make" and it will install the program. There are readme's that come with every program and you should really read them all. To do so, type "vi <name of file here, NOTE: filename IS case-sensitive>". I know it's a little overwhelming at first, but once you get the hang of it you grow to love it :)