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Laukev7:
Type the name of the program, then the modifiers, then the file name.
Ex.: rpm -ivh microsoftfucksmycomputer.rpm
Or if you want to abridge the file name:
rpm -ivh micr*rpm
To log in root, type root at login.
Or type su, then the password.
Doctor V:
wonders if Mandrake, like Red Hat, has apt-get. If it does, get it first thing...will check.
Doctor V:
Before I forget, if you want to run a program from the terminals, go to the directory that it is in and type:
./*program_name*
the "./" is probably what you need, back to apt-get.
Well, they do, its here
ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/9.1/contrib/i586/apt-0.5.5cnc3-1mdk.i586.rpm
The imfamous RPM dependancy hell, has driven numerous users away from redhat based distros. Apt-get is Debian's package management system, that is much easier to use than RPM. Its been ported to Red Hat and now to Mandrake too. If you install that one RPM above, you will never have to worry about dependencies again. It will seek out all dependancies, and install them in unison with the application you are getting. Install about any app with one command and no worries. Example:
apt-get install wine
Alone and wine + anything it requires is installed and working.
The catch: in order to seek out and download the packages using apt-get, you will need to be connected to the web. And winmodems are one of billyGs biggest weapons in the war with open source. Many winmodems are completely incompatible to anyone without M$'s secret code, consider yourself one of the fortunate that there is a driver for your winmodem in the first place. All I can tell you is, make sure the RPM you are using is for mandrake and not for redhat (sometimes they do both use the same RPM so if it dosn't say, don't worry). Why don't you tell us exactly what your modem is, and what driver you are going to use with it.
V
edit: my spelling is very bad I know
[ June 17, 2003: Message edited by: Doctor V: Gentoo Lunatic ]
neo_x500:
Well, I have a pretty common modem for my computer. It is a connexant (rockwell?) modem with a rip tide sound card attached to it. O went to the connexant website, and they sent me to linuxant, a site trying to make winmodem drivers for linux. Anyway, they had both sound card and modem drivers there for me, for download. I got them, and put them in the C: directory. I restart and go back to linux to install them, and it tells me that "rip-tide-blah blah blah (kernel version) requires "pciutils" Install aborted. It does the same thing for the rockwell modem. Well, I restart and go back to windows, and download pciutils after you guys tell me where to find it. I restart again and go back to linux, try and install pci utils, and it tells me that I already have it. I check rpm drake, and click on "remove rpm packages" and it doesn't show any pciutils. I open up home, and search for anything with pci in it, and I can't find any program resembling what I need, just a few stray system files. I don't know, maybe I should save up and just buy a new sosund card and modem, this time a hardware modem, so linux doesn't bitch at me about the "detected winmodem." But I HAVE drivers for it, the thing is just giving a newbie a hard time. It is kinda bad for the self-esteem to go from near-expert to newbie in one day. Pisses me off.
P.S. I'm certain that the drivers were made for mandrake, I checked the kernel version and went to the site. The only thing i'm not sure of is pci utils, but that doesn't make since, to tell me it's already installed, when it isn't, or isn't working. It would be more helpful to tell me where it is, instead of just telling me that it needs it.
[ June 17, 2003: Message edited by: Neo_Linux_User ]
Laukev7:
Wow. Do they still make winmodems today?
I suggest you buy a real modem. You won't regret it; hardware modems are compatible with every system (should you try FreeBSD or BeOS), and don't eat up performance like winmodems do.
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