Help for a first timer

[Banger Boy]

This has probably been asked a thousand times or more but I am going mad trying to install AVG on my note book Acer Aspire One with Linpus Linux Lite installed. I keep reading about Xcontrol where is it? I have installed the AVG but I cannot find an Icon to open it as the desk top is split into 4 sections and there isn't an icon in the bottom right corner. Another thing how do I use the terminal?
I thought I could use computers till I started this.........
Thanks

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Sorry, I don't run any antivirus apps so can't answer on that, but for learning to use the terminal, go here for some quick/easy lessons:

LinuxCommand.org: Learn the Linux command line. Write shell scripts.

Hope you have fun with it.

[dxqcanada]

Hmm, you might have a hard time getting a response on the Antivirus ... Linux user's do not tend to use them.

Are you coming from a Windows environment?
Is there a reason why you want an Antivirus file scanner on your Linux host?

What exactly did you want to do with the Terminal?

[Banger Boy]

I am so used to having anti virus I just try an install it as a matter of course. I am trying to install UTorrent and I have the Linux version but don't know what to do to install it and I keep seeing others using the terminal or X.
It kept me busy till 01:00 this morning trying......

[oz]

I am so used to having anti virus I just try an install it as a matter of course. I am trying to install UTorrent and I have the Linux version but don't know what to do to install it and I keep seeing others using the terminal or X.
It kept me busy till 01:00 this morning trying......

Sorry, but I don't think there is any way that I can explain the use of the terminal and command line operations for Linux any better than they do in the link already posted for you above.

For installing software under Linux, you can check this HowTo for several different ways to go about it. As a general rule, new users will find it easier to install software using the default package manager for the distro they run.

Hope it all goes well for you.

[jmadero]

Basically do the following if you are compiling from source (you may want to check out the package manager, I've never used Linpus but it probably has one and has the ability to avoid source compiling)

In general:

open terminal
navigate to folder (using cd ...)
do "dir"
you should see a file called configure
run that using ./configure
then do make
lastly do sudo make install

then the program is install

for avg to run it: -- although I second that no one uses anti virus in linux, I'm installing one right now just to help but I've had linux for years, used anti virus for about a month and said....no need, but anyways here is the command:

open terminal
type
avggui

if you want a custom launcher just (I believe, this is in Ubuntu) right click desktop and do custom launcher
as command type avggui

hope that helps