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Solve : New Linux User, Compiling GNU software?

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Hi All....!
I'm new to linux & using kubuntu, i download linux SOFTWARE from softpedia.com
how can i install a .rpm file
how can compile or entertain GNU type files ?

Thankfull

Most times, when you download an rpm, the host site will give instructions on how to install.
I've been effectively without linux for about a month, and I can't remember what the syntax is. I think it's
./nameofinstallfile
or
SH ./nameofinstallfile
But I could have that confused with installing via tar.
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Quote from: endlevel on August 06, 2007, 02:32:13 PM

Hi All....!
I'm new to linux & using kubuntu, i download linux software from softpedia.com
how can i install a .rpm file
how can compile or entertain GNU type files ?

Thankfull


if you download rpm files, at the COMMAND line (typical),
Code: [Select]rpm -ivf <package name>

check your rpm man page for more options. If there is GUI rpm package manager from your DISTRIBUTION, then you can also use that.
If you want to compile your own source code, USUALLY C programs, then download from the source(usually its in tar.gz or zip format.).
Extract them out, for example if you have tar.gz file, you can use
Code: [Select]tar zxvf <filename.tar.gz>

then go into the untarred directory, typically, to compile the source
Code: [Select]./configure #use --help for more options
make
make install

check the documentatoin of the source for more installation instructions.


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