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08-27-2007 #1
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How to Install Things in Mandriva
. Particularly games. Will the programs that I used with Windows not work at all on Linux or does it just take some working around with to get it to work. And alot of the guides I have seen on how to install certain programs are a little too advanced for me and I cant understand them. Also, I read techiMOE's post on installing stuff in linux and I understood it, but there was one problem I had with it. He says to use the /usr/local/src/ folder to save file into, and when i try to do this it says that I am not allowed to change this file. And, when i try and change the preferences for 'Filesystem' to remedy this, it says " Sorry, couldn't change the permissions of "Filesystem".
So, if anyone would be kind enough to explain to me in a bit of detail the basic structure of linux and how it works. Specifically, how to install things on linux, I would greatly appreciate it.
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08-28-2007 #2
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Welcome to the forums!
So i guess what I am asking is, how the **** do you install stuff?. Particularly games.
Easy Urpmi
Will the programs that I used with Windows not work at all on Linux or does it just take some working around with to get it to work.
Also, I read techiMOE's post on installing stuff in linux and I understood it, but there was one problem I had with it. He says to use the /usr/local/src/ folder to save file into, and when i try to do this it says that I am not allowed to change this file.
Code:su
or...
Code:kdesu application-name
oz
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08-28-2007 #3
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Thanks for the reply. What exactly does Urpmi do? I downloaded it with "su" then i copied the text that the website asked me to, and it went through a bunch of downloading in the console, but then it just stopped and nothing happened. Is it done and I am finished or did it fail?
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08-28-2007 #4
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It sounds like it must have setup successfully. You can check this HowTo for instructions on using URPMI:
Mandriva Linux Rpmdrake and URPMI HOWTO (unreleased 0.3 test revision)oz
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08-28-2007 #5
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Okay, so I have some rpm files for various things that need installing and i read some of that link you gave me and i think i basically figured out how to do it. So i do "su", then my password, then type urpmi "Whatever the program is" and it should install, am i right? Because when i do this it says 'rpm database locked'. Do you know what its talking about?
Thanks for the continued help.
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08-28-2007 #6
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It's been a few years since I last used it but that sounds right. As for the locks, I think if you'll reboot, the locks will go away and you can use URPMI. Let us know if that doesn't work.
oz
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08-28-2007 #7
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Yeah that fixed that. But, im still having a little confusion around the urpmi. Say I have downloaded ventrilo and it is sitting as an icon on my desktop labeled "ventriloscript-v2.1.0_02.tar.gz" and i want to install this. What i would do is go into console, do "su" my password and then create a directory named ventrilo for organization purposes. I would switch to this directory and then do "urpmi ventriloscript-v2.1.0_02.tar.gz" and this isnt working
. What am i doing wrong?
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08-28-2007 #8
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I might be wrong about this, but I think URPMI will only install RPM format packages. If you can't find your file in the RPM format, you will probably have to use the tarball method of installation as shown here:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...tml#post344054
Maybe one of the regular Mandriva users will step in here with some additional information about adding software to the Mandriva system.oz
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08-28-2007 #9
Hello - Ozar is right ... You can't use urpmi to install from source. Basically urpm will only handle pre-compiled software and all its dependent packages. If you install complex packages from source code this may or may not go smoothly (more often than not it doesn't, but don't let that put you off!)
Most urpmi installs are a case of doing:
su
<password>
urpmi <package_name>
exit
And that's it!I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso
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08-28-2007 #10
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Okay so i get that now.
. But what still is confusing me is the other file forms like tar.gz. How do you install these? The post by techieMoe is a bit confusing for me so would anyone like to give me a step by step for the ventrilo file that i talked about in my previous post?
Thanks