wow I'm lost

[Ottoman]

I installed mandrake 8.1


wow I'm lost.. I got the network working...

but I'm lost with the decompressing it than compiling it than running it..

I don't even know what runs and what doesn't..



I feel like such a N00b


for some reason my Make command doesn't work..

and I haev a .sh 'self extracting' file for JDK from java, and i have no clue how to run it.. wow I've got a lot to learn

Just want MY ICQ back... do u know if it can download teh online version of your conact list??

[David]

Do you mean software decompressing and compiling?

If you have a program called <my program>.rpm then type:
rpm -Uvh <my program>.rpm

If it is <my program>.tar.gz then type:

tar zxvf <my program>.tar.gz
cd <my program>
./configure
make
make install

If make does not work check that make, and gcc are installed.

[David]

Oh, and to use a .sh file type:

bash <my file>.sh

[Ottoman]

thanx, ye it turns out I didn't have make installed..

but when I run the configure, I get a JAVA EXEC error or something,


but my DHCP is retarded... my roomate get's her IP assigned immediately, mine i have to 'wait' for, sometimes, instant sometimes 10mins, sometimes 1 hr... or more,, it's retarded..




but my next question...

how do I see my FAT partitions in madrake? I wanna play my MP3Z dammit!!

oh thanx again :beer:

[XWRed1]

cat /proc/partitions

to see the partition list. Figure out which one is your fat partition, then

mount -t vfat <fat partition> /my/mount/point


where /my/mount/point is a directory where you want the partition to be mounted to.

[David]

I usually just type
mount /dev/hda1 /windows/C
for my windows disk.

[SpeeDj]

Your Windows partition's are in your either Mnt folder, or your boot folder if you are running 8.1 it should all be there. That version allow's you to see your window's partition and etc.

J