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So I downloaded a package (gmail notifier) with the extension deb. I double click on the file (in kde) and another saw that there 3 files in there. One config ...
  1. 02-04-2006 #1
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    Unhappy deb or rpm files

    So I downloaded a package (gmail notifier) with the extension deb. I double click on the file (in kde) and another saw that there 3 files in there. One config one binary (.bin) and another one. I assume that I should run the bin fie. But as soon as double click on it the file opens in k-write I even checked the permission to 755 and tried running the file from the terminal but again no help.

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    What you are doing is actually seeing the contents of the package. You install .deb packages from the command line as root...
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    Is it the same thing for rpm packages or file with ext tar.gz?
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    Not quite. RPM files are installed in a similar fashion but for a Debian based system, you would be better to either get the package through apt or convert it to a deb using alien. tar.gz's are archives just like zip files in Windows. They usually contain source code which you have to compile or they contain pre-compiled binaries.

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    ^ holly crap.

    ok so I ran the dpkg -i .... and it installed the package. Where/how it got installed I have no idea. And now I am in kde I can't find it anywhere.

    Another thing I was trying to add a path to the environment path and ran the command. env path= /opt/folder name. but it wiped out everything that was in the path before. is there any where that I can get this back.
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    If the install went well you can find the program by typing 'gmail-notify' into the terminal. It should have also inserted itself into the K menu under Internet
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