On Saturday 16 October 2004 07:53 pm, A A wrote: > hi all > > first of all i need to introduce myself a bit. not only am i a new user of > Fedora Core 2, i am a newly converted linux user. (i'm sure there have been > many windoze rants posted here so i won't add to them) >>> snip > how do i install downloadable .rpm files? > i was following some directions pretty good to get Xine (i managed to > download all the files) however when the directions mentioned that i must > be in root i got lost. also what location must the files be loaded to so i > may use the commands in the terminal? > > i got loads more questions but don't want to flood the list just yet :) Chris: Welcome aboard. In addition to the other advice that you've gotten, you'll find a lot of valuable information in the list archives at these sites: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2 Both are well worth bookmarking. Try both. Two other great Linux tools are man and info. You can learn more about them by opening a terminal and entering man man or info info. (Really.) For example, Fedora provides a program called yum to handle the messy details involved in downloading and installing rpms; man yum will give you a brief rundown on the proper usage of the command while info yum will provide more background information. -- cmg
