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I am thinking I need to buy a "linux for idiots" book because I am having an issue insalling almost everything... I just don't know how to do it if ...
  1. 01-08-2007 #1
    lunar_rhythm
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    I am thinking I need to buy a "linux for idiots" book because I am having an issue insalling almost everything... I just don't know how to do it if its not in a .deb. What do I do with tar files after I unpack them? That is my real question.
    wine is not the only one, I can't insall anytihing that is tar because i just dont know what to do with the files after I unpack them.... like moblock (peerguardian clone), or WINE... i unpack the files, then what? please help me out, i will be endebted to you
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  2. 01-09-2007 #2
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    Take a look at http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/344054-post2.html
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    I am new to Mepis as well but I love the distro. Google how to use apt-get and Synaptic. Those are the installers if you don't compile from source. Another real cool one is called Automatix2.

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