Can't install gkrellm...

[SiM]

Ok, i'm still new to installing packages (rpm's : Redhat 7.0) ... i downloaded the rpm for my version of redhad and i changed to super-user mode and did rpm -Uvh grkellm* ... it printed out the hashes or whatever, but then i try to run it by doing gkrellm and gkrellm & and nothing happens??? then i tried to uninstall it using the -e option and it tells me that it wasnt installed... hmmm, no idea here. thanks
SiM

[Raskolnikov]

First of all what do you mean by 'nothing happens'? Do you get an error message of any sort?
Secondly whenever I'm installing a new rpm I use 'rpm -ivh' (i=install v=verbose? h=hash marks) so try installing with those options instead. Also the manual page is usually very helpful.
Otherwise try running gkrellm from its absolute path....i.e. '/usr/bin/gkrellm &' or whatever directory it's in.

R.

[SiM]

when i mean nothing it says:
bash: gkrellm: command not found


i tried using the -ivh and same thing... hmmm
SiM

[EyesWideOpen]

i changed to super-user mode and did rpm -Uvh grkellm*

This probably doesn't make a difference but specify the entire package name instead of package*.

And I'll assume that's a typo above where you have grkellm because that's spelled wrong.

What do you get when you type which gkrellm ?

If the .rpm is giving you that much trouble I would just install the tarball (.tar.gz) You can get it here (http://newweb.wt.net/~billw/gkrellm-1.0.7.tar.gz).

Just unpack the file tar -xzvf gkrellm-1.0.7.tar.gz and cd into the directory that is created as a result of unpacking the file and then read the README/INSTALL files.

[SiM]

ok great..

i downloaded the tar.gz and it worked perfectly... now one more question

how do i get it to start everytime i login?

i did a search on this and i tried right clicking and making it sticky and remember it's location and stuff, that didn't work... i don't have a .xinitrc but i made one anyways in my /home/me/ directory and put "gkrellm" in it, but still no dice. thanks for all the help!
SiM

[Linuxcool]

To get gkrellm to startup automatically in gnome or enlightenment, click inside gkrellm to get a drop down menu that has the ' Remember ' option on it, then select it. In the Remember window, select ' Restart application on login '. Also, don't forget to select ' Sticky state '. This will remember gkrellm's sticky state when you logout. So, if you want gkrellm to be sticky, click inside gkrellm's window to get the drop down menu that has ' Sticky ' on it and click on it to make it sticky or not.
About making gkrellm come up on the screen where it was when you logged out, the remember location option in the ' Remember ' window doesn't work with gkrellm. Gkrellm has its own option for that. Click inside gkrellm to get its menu that has the ' configuration ' option on it, then click on it. I believe it's under ' General/options ' or something like that. Look for the option to remember where it was when it was shutdown and select it.

[ 11 April 2001: Message edited by: Linuxcool ]