Re: how the hell do i install?

From: Thierry (linux_at_glossolalie.org)
Date: 03/18/04

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    M. Calvin Kashevarof wrote:

    > *
    >
    > how the hell do i install a program? where is this command line or
    > what is command line?
    >
    > *

    Could you be more specific...
    rpm or tarball?
    rpm -ivh <package> for rpm
    you can also use yum or apt, those would solve dependencies

    if it is a tarball, my wild guess is to read the README/INSTALL files 

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