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

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

there are two books that have these printed and bound.
i'm not entirely sure about the names but i think they were
linux the gnu testiment and linux pro

a word of warning, these are more than likely WAY out of date.
look to oreilly first.  they have been doing a good job of
updating their books

check publish dates, reprint dates, revised dates.

it's cool that linux is advancing at the rate that it is,
but keeping the documentation up is a nightmare.
i think mr. stallman recently said something about that.

phrostie

drbert wrote:

> 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.
> >

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