Re: Black Holes.

From: Charles-Roberts (ai4a_at_enia.net)
Date: 09/29/03

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    Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:48:03 -0400
To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>

    David Palmer. wrote:
    > O.K., I'm trying to get on top of a few things here, and am struggling
    > to find directions that make sense.
    > It's got to the point where I have actually got to the point of starting
    > off a series of posts at an open source forum to help out other newbies
    > like myself.
    > But even though I am able to find documentation that will teach me the
    > basics of bash, I've looked all over the web for a simple tutorial to
    > explain step by step procedure for download and install of a basic
    > application.
    > 'Start the installation procedure', was the last reference I copped,
    > without the faintest thread of logical explanation about how one should
    > go about doing that.
    > I've downloaded the Gnupg application. I know it's there because after
    > the end of the download the location is stated as
    > '/home/username/.opera/download', so at a prompt I'll type:-
    > 'cd /home/username/.opera/download'
    > and I get echoed back to me:- ~/.opera/download$
    > to check I type:- pwd
    > and get :-/.opera/download
    > echoed back again. So it's definitely there. But how do I get to it,
    > install, and activate it?
    > What is the procedure now?
    > So the only other avenue that I haven't tried is a book.
    > On the Debian site there is a list. Would anybody who has read any of
    > these be good enough to recommend one that attempts to communicate?
    > The Linux Cookbook.
    > DebianGNU/Linux Bible.
    > Learning Debian GNU/Linux.
    > Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation & Usage.
    > I should appreciate any response.
    > Regards,
    >
    > David.
    >
    >
    >
    >

    google on -IBM linux tutorial compiling-. There is a good tutorial about
    installing software from source in the IBM tutorials.
    HTH
    Charles 

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