New to Mandrake 10.0

[Flint]

Hi i am completely new to linux and have been using windows for 10 years i do not know how to install programems can anyone give any help?

[lakerdonald]

mandrake uses urpmi. a good tutorial on installing programs can be found here:
http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-19957.html

[Flint]

Thanks i'll tell you if i get to install anything

[Flint]

tar -zxvf <filename> <--- what is the filename i dont understand it it says

Code:


tar -zxvf <filename>

what sdo i put? in the filename can somebody give me a example?

[lakerdonald]

tar xvfz bash-2.3.tar.gz
tar xvfz fileutils.tar.gz
tar xvfz filename.tar.gz

[Flint]

Ok for the fun of it i want to install a game called hereos
The folder name isheroes-0.5.tar.gz which has a windwos with a orange sqaure then if i open it it has a blue folder with heroes-0.5 then if i open it it comes with all the content so what would i type in for that code of <filename>

tar -zxvf <filename>

[dylunio]

tar -zxvf heroes-0.5.tar.gz

[Flint]

Thanks but,
now it says this

tar (child): heroes-0.5.tar.g: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

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[lakerdonald]

you forgot the "z"

[Flint]

Unlucky it said the same thing
[flint@jppearce src]$ tar -zxvf heroes-0.5.tar.gz
tar (child): heroes-0.5.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors