| LeRoy Cressy on 31 Jan 2004 21:30:02 -0000 |
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bryan Tseng wrote: Hi, my name is Bryan and I am a newcomer to linux. In fact, I just got linux yesterday. I tried to read through some websites and lear about linux, but most of the lingo are a bit advance for me. Right now, I'm just trying to use linux like a regular personal computer, I've downloaded aim and winamp, and successfully install both programs. (there are instructions on the aim site about installing rpm, so I just copied it for winamp) However, I am not able to run winamp, when I open up the command line, and type in winamp, a window shows up and says "the winamp software has already been installed" but the program doesn't show up. What should I go? Also, from my reading and I understood that gz means the file is zipped, so I would need to unzip it before I can install the file, correct? (I'm also trying to a p2p software) but the file type is of .tar? How would I deal with that kind of things? Lastly, if somoene can give me some tips on how they got familiar with it when they first started using linux, I would very much appreciate it. Sorry for such a long email, thank you. You asked some basic questions in your message and I will attempt to answer them. rpm RedHat Package manager This is used on distributions that use the RedHat packagement system. tar Tape Archive tar goes way back to the ancient times when computer systems filled up a room. Tar is an uncompressed archive that is used on all UNIX type systems. gz Gzip This is one of the file compression utilities that is used in Linux. gzip compresses a file gunzip uncompresses a file Each utility in Linux has a corresponding manual called a man page. To know more about tar, type: man tar Now tar integrates with gzip with the -z option. The basic premise is that each utility should do only one thing and do it well. Thus when you run tar with the -z option you are forking to gzip for the compression. Linux also has support for pkzip archives with the use of zip and unzip. As a new user you will find a lot of help from the members of this list and others. Hope to see you at the PLUG meeting. LeRoy - -- Rev. LeRoy D. Cressy mailto:leroy@lrcressy.com /\_/\ http://lrcressy.com ( o.o ) Phone: 215-535-4037 > ^ < FAX: 215-535-4285 gpg fingerprint: 62DE 6CAB CEE1 B1B3 359A 81D8 3FEF E6DA 8501 AFEA For info on enigmail: http://lrcressy.com/linux/mozilla.pdf For info on gpg: http://www.gnupg.org/ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Debian - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAHB3IP+/m2oUBr+oRAjX3AJwO6y117WTu2lLSOMDK+5iv1je4uACgiU+d QaODtJBAaHOTjRqHqv/yndo= =Cxnq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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