Re: [PLUG] newbie

[Pablo Tao Virgo <virgopa@earlham.edu>]

On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 06:25, bryan_t06@yahoo.com wrote:

It is likely that if you are installing from .tar.gz files you will need
to get used to doing things via the command line (typing commands), so
do follow the previous posts that mentioned "tar -zxf ..." You may also
find File Roller (http://fileroller.sourceforge.net) useful. From the
looks of things, if it did not come with your installation media (you
don't have a prepared copy) you'll have to at least try out the tar
command to install it, but I find this program useful for "light"
archiving.


Hope that helps.
~Pablo


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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:34:08 -0800 (PST)
> From: Bryan Tseng <bryan_t06@yahoo.com>
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] newbie
> Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> 
> 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.
> 
> Bryan
> 
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