[klug] linux install

[Graeme Neilson]

Dean,

If you are compiling from source you need to run a couple of commands 
from the command line. Run konsole and change directory to the folder 
for gtk-gnutella you have created in downloads and type:
/configure
make/
then become root and type
/make install/
this will build and install the program. Configure sets up the 
compilation and link options for the source code. You may want to run 
configure from the command line as well to check that all is OK for building

Graeme


Dean Cooper wrote:

> nope, it cant find the file.
>
> I downloaded it to a folder on the destop i created called 
> "downloads". I then hit the configure icon and that is as far as i 
> have been able to get.
>
> Dean
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Robinson" 
> <mark.robinson at paradise.net.nz>
> To: "Kapiti Coast Linux Users Group" <klug at linux.net.nz>
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [klug] linux install
>
>
>> Dean Cooper wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, downloaded it, clicked  on configure and everything went through 
>>> ok.
>>>
>>> Now what? how do i run the program? there is no icon anywhere.
>>>
>>> Sorry, but i am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lame !
>>>
>>> Dean
>>
>>
>> Hi Dean,
>>
>> Xandros uses KDE desktop environment. In most KDE installations 
>> Alt/F2 will bring up a 'Run' box. try typing gtk-gnutella in there. 
>> Sometimes you need to log out and back in again before programs you 
>> have installed will show up in the menus.
>>
>> One of the beauties of linux is that most things can be done from the 
>> "command line". I'm sorry that I am unfamiliar with Xandros but these 
>> concepts at least should be general to most linux distributions. Like 
>> windows it can often be very hard to find information on the basics.
>>
>> You can jump from the GUI to a 'terminal' using ctrl/alt/F1 through 
>> to ctrl/alt/F6 (that's all configurable but most systems are like 
>> this). From a
>> 'terminal' you can get back to the GUI with ctrl/alt/F7.
>>
>> Once you have a terminal (and you can have six at a time) you can use 
>> many commands. Some basics are
>>
>> pwd tells you which directory you are in
>> id tells you who you are logged in as
>> su changes user (changes to the root user by default)
>> ls lists files
>> ls -al / extended information on all files in root directory
>> ls --help shows help on ls
>> man ls shows manpage for ls
>> cd change directory
>> mkdir make directory
>> rm remove file - you want to be a bit careful with this,
>> by default it will not ask you 'Are you sure" and
>> 'rm -rf /' will remove every file on the machine
>> ps auxf displays a list of running processes
>>
>> Terminals should be available on just about all linux systems, even 
>> those that do not have a windowing system installed.
>>
>> Going back to KDE, try running konsole. This should produce an xterm 
>> which is a bit more user friendly than a straight terminal as you can 
>> cut and paste, and if you run a GUI program it will find the GUI.
>>
>> There's a knowledge base of Xandros specific stuff on the Xandros 
>> website at http://xandros.com/. The Linux Documentation Project at 
>> http://tdlp.org is often useful and there will be all sorts of 
>> documentation hidden away on your computer.
>>
>> find / -iname '*howto*' | less
>>
>> (that finds all the files on the computer with howto in their name 
>> ignoring case and filters the results through less, a paging program 
>> which prevents the output all whizzing off the screen. Press Q to exit.
>>
>> ctrl/Pgup lets you scroll up in a terminal or xterm.
>>
>> It really does help to have one of those old fashioned book things 
>> which explains the basics and gives examples and which you can flick 
>> through in the real world when your computer refuses to do anything 
>> at all.
>>
>> must away
>> Mark
>>
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