running in terminal

[Ineedhelplinux]

whenever i try to install a program and i read the readme it says to run some thing in the terminal and type in the commands.....when i go to the install thing and click run in terminal it just scrolls a whole bunch of stuff really fast and closes by itself....i dont kno if its supposed to do this or not and i dont kno how to fix it or if thats even the right way to install programs.
i would appreciate the help.


The newb of the newbs

[Allen614]

Got any specifics? Distro you're using and program file name you're trying to install.

[Vlad902]

What terminal? I have had this type of error in xterm with to much info being displayed causing a core dump and a SIGSEGV, try another terminal or a tty.

[Ineedhelplinux]

when i go to install wine or any other program....but in this case ill use wine as the example....the readme says to use the install program. when i click run in terminal it just scrolls a whole bunch of things and then disappears. i dont kno if this is wat its supposed to do or not. and if it is where do i go to run the program

[hlrguy]

When you click run in terminal from the file manager, the instant the script completes, it closes the terminal. What you want to do is navigate on the start menu and find konsole, xterm, eterm, aterm, etc. That opens a stable terminal window. Or, simply click on run command and enter

konsole
xterm
...
etc.

hlrguy

[Ineedhelplinux]

wat am i supposed to do when i get there if i want to install wine

[hlrguy]

Which distro. Many install wine by default. What did you download, were did you download it to? Navigate to where the readme is (cd /path to downloaded file), and follow the instructions in the README. Before you do, enter
wine <enter>

If you get a message like this it is already installed.

hlrguy

[root@localhost root]# wine
Wine 20020605

Usage: wine [options] [--] program_name [arguments]
The -- has to be used if you specify arguments (of the program)

Options:
--debugmsg name Turn debugging-messages on or off
--dll name Enable or disable built-in DLLs
--help,-h Show this help message
--version,-v Display the Wine version
[root@localhost root]#

[Ineedhelplinux]

ok look ill tell you exactly wat i did....i have red hate 8.0.....i downloaded to home/matthew/...i then extracted it into that exact same folder....so can someone run me through wat to do step for step b/c ive had red hate for more than a month now and i still havnt learned how to install from a source and im going insane.....thanks





newb of the newbs

[mdwatts]

http://linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Compiling_Kernels/Compiling_Software.html

Redhat 8.0 should already include a version of Wine either installed my default or on your installation cd(s). Actually I just posted this in another thread a couple of days ago.

rpm -qa | grep wine

If not found, look on your Redhat cd(s) and install with

rpm -Uvh packagename.i386.rpm