Global access to downloads?

[billsherelooking]

How can a download be available for all users? In this case a game called Hangaroo.
Mandriva 2009 Free. In mac it's easy, just use admin acct. drag and drop into apps area.

[pete910]

Is it just downloads/dir in general ?

login a terminal as root (su) then..

cd /home

mkdir DIRname

chmod 755 DIRname for read only access
chmod 777 DIRname for world access

If its the game you want others to be able to use, then install as the root user.

HTH

Pete

[billsherelooking]

[bill@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost bill]# cd/home
bash: cd/home: No such file or directory
[root@localhost bill]# install hangaroo
install: missing destination file operand after `hangaroo'
Try `install --help' for more information.
[root@localhost bill
bash: install--help: command not found
[root@localhost bill]#
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As you see not a clue to what I'm doing. Yes what I meant by "global" was all users on my computer.

[pete910]

Ok first you need a space between cd and /home.
Copy and paste the code in a terminal, that should be easier for you.

Is the file hangaroo a rpm or another extension eg "hangaroo.rpm"?
if it is a rpm use this command in the directory it resides
login as root then

urmpi hangaroo.rpm

If not a rpm tell us what the extension is!

For a world access directory use this code, again as root user!

cd /home

mkdir dirname

chmod 777 dirname

dirname been what you want to call the directory!