[Freeciv] Re: rpm installation

[John dillick <jdillick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, David Pfitzner wrote:

> John dillick <jdillick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I'm just typing:
> > rpm -i freeciv-server-1_9_0-3_i386.rpm
> > 
> > This initially executes and gives me:
> > banner civ civclient civserver ser
> > in my /usr/games directory
> > These apparently don't do anything.
> 
> What do you mean by "These apparently don't do anything"?
> That is, how are you trying to run them, and what happens?

Well I'm running linux with the graphical interface, however most of what
I do is in a terminal windows, because I'm not confortable with the gui
yet. (strange huh?)

Basically, I don't know the intended use of the files I mentioned earlier.
from a bash prompt logged on as root:
/root]#civserver
bash: civserver: command not found
(ok... obviously not in my search path)
/root]# cd /usr/games
/root]# ls 
banner  civ  civclient  civserver  ser
/root]# civserver
bash: civserver: command not found

> 
> (My wild guess: you are trying to run them as root, and are
> doing so in some gui way which doesn't show you the error
> message which would explain the error of your ways.)
> 
> -- David
> 
I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong, but I'm not sure what it is.

It should be noted that I'm a one month old linux user with limited unix
experience previous to that.  I'm mostly proficient in windoze and other
ms crap I've given up on.  I'm interested in doing some software
development in this platform and freeciv looked like a fun place to start.
However, for the time being I'm still getting aquainted with my
surroundings.

regards,

John