Software install, WTF I thought this was gonna be easy

[Windsma]

I need a easier way to install S/w

the command line "LS" is not showing me anything when i download my s/w to /usr/local/src/

There has to be an easier way or application that can just , start a startup.exe file.

This is a major reason i did not use Redhat.

Im now using Ubuntu 7.10
The s/w i have tried to use so far is.
Netgear wpn111 installer. zip
Adobe Flash player.trz (whatever)

[oz]

Here's a HowTo describing how to install software under Linux, depending on the distribution that you are using:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...are-linux.html

Of course, as is usually the case with Linux, there are also other ways of installing it that are not mentioned in this article.

[Windsma]

ive read thru that and my dowloads are not listed under "LS"
in the command line, /usr/local/src/ is the folder i download to.

[oz]

If the ls command is not listing them, maybe they didn't actually get downloaded, or they were downloaded to a different directory from what you had intended, or you are not in the /usr/local/src/ directory when running ls.

[oz]

Don't forget too, that you must have root permissions to write to a directory outside of your own /home directory.