Installing programs? (volvis==newb)Forum: Other Help Topics Topic: Installing programs? (volvis==newb) started by: volvis Posted by volvis on Mar. 26 2005,23:08
HelloI was hoping someone could show me to a start how to install programs on this thing. I installed DSL on hard drive on my old 233/66 Pentium2, and I'm now in process of upgrading the bundled software. I'm downloading the latest tar.gz for Firefox as I type, and I'd really appreciate some hints what to do with it. Cheers, volvis Posted by ryptyde on Mar. 29 2005,00:44
I think you should be able to create a directory called "optional" on your hdd and place your DSL programs in it.Works for me.
Posted by mikshaw on Mar. 29 2005,02:32
Usually tar.gz files are source archives, which take some work to install on DSL. With Firefox it should be a precompiled installer. Extract the archive (tar xzf firefox-1.0.2.installer.tar.gz). Enter the firefox-installer directory. Install with "sudo ./firefox-installer". If root can't run the installer you can install without the "sudo" part...but the only places you can install it would be /opt or /home/dsl (not a bad idea really...I have firefox installed in /opt/firefox and it works well) With a harddrive install, you might want to consider using apt and/or synaptic for installing programs....i hear it's much easier. Posted by jazzzy on Mar. 31 2005,23:32
hi,i am really new to dsl and a linux noob... but i got dsl running on a pentiumII-266 laptop with 64mb ram and a 4,3gb hard disk as hd install. i've made a swap partition and a backup partion, and with lilo a dual boot to a small win98 works. now i tried to install a actual firefox (1.0.2), but there is no way to do it...a lib called libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 is missing, it tells by install-try. and i haven't found a way to install it. anyone a tipp for me? |