[aclug-L] Re: How do I install applications?

["drbert" <drbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hey i'm a newbie to linux too
i've found, besides the group, this link to be extremely helpful

http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html

it's for the linux documentation project, so its got
guides, how-tos, man pages, faq's and more

if i could get a book that had this stuff, it would be extremely
valuable to me. suggestions?

enjoy!



----- Original Message -----
From: Nathan & Jenny <njcozzen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'Linux User's Group Mailing List' <ACLUG-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 12:40 AM
Subject: [aclug-L] How do I install applications?


> Another newbie question....
>
> During the last meeting where we compiled a kernel, I feel like we kind of
> glossed over some of the basics I need to learn next.  I'm at the point
> where I want to start installing a few applications (like WordPerfect or
> Doom or whatever)  Here's what I still don't understand well enough:
>
> Which type of files are the ones that are zipped and need to be unzipped?
> What do I use to unzip them?
>
> What are .tar files?  Are they the uncompiled source code for the
> application?
> What do I need to know about "make" in order to compile the program in
> question?
>
> After I've compiled it, what are some of the other obvious things that
need
> to be understood or done....the kinds of things that an expert might
assume
> when explaining it to a beginner?  (So far I gather that the equivalent of
> a Dos .exe file is one with a * in front of it.  Is that correct?)
>
>
> Then I have one other question that's totally unrelated.
> What's a good program to use for uploading stuff to my ftp webserver?  Is
> there one that's designed for X, giving me a nice graphical display of
> what's on my ftp site and what I want to copy over?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Nathan
>
> Learning Linux for relief.
>