Installing Programs?

[Trigger-X]

Hello,
I wanted to downloead the X MultiMedia system onto Linux, So I made an folder in my directory called "Downloads" Then I went to the website and it gave me stuff like the Source code or Biniares... and with the source code it gave Tar file and an RPM file to choose from and then on the binary thing it gave stuff about Redhat and such... I'm not very fermilar with Downloaded and installing things on Linux could someone help me and explain what I have to do? Also I have Linux Mandrake 7.2.
Thanks for you time.

[drmbb]

Well, perhaps the easiest and quickest way, since you're using 'Drake is to open the RPM in Kpackage (do you use KDE?). Kpackage will check for dependancies for you and tell you what, if anything, else you need to install.

If going from the source, you will need to untar the file (tar xvf for a straight foo.tar, or tar xvzf for a foo.tar.gz, or tar xvIf for a foo.tar.bz or .bz2 file - in the very unlikely event it's a foo.tar.Z, use the "uncompress" command before using the "tar" command). The it is usually a matter of:

./configure
Make
Make install

Without knowing the specifics of what you actually downloaded, that's about all i can offer (trying to cover all possible bases here).

If you're still having problems, post some more specifics and you'll get help.

Cheers

P.S. Any instructions for RedHat should also apply to Mandrake (but there are rare exceptions).

[ 12 April 2001: Message edited by: drmbb ]

[X_console]

I wrote an NHF on this. Check it out under the Compiling section at http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel

By the way, I think it should be "make" and not "Make".

[Trigger-X]

Well I went to the X MultiMedia Site and started to download the RPM file because I use KDE and it went to a thing with an Black square in the corner and it is just loading... It is still doing that right now... How do I now if it is done if it is downloading? Or what do I do?

[Trigger-X]

Well... I guess it installed... Because it is in my Multimedia section... I just wonder how I know when it would get done.