On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:25:20PM -0500, Mark Phelps wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:19, Anthony E. Greene wrote:
> > On 04-Mar-2003/11:54 -0500, Mark Phelps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Where can I find help for learning Linux w/Gnome? I'm not even sure if
> > >I'm asking the right question.
> > >
> > >I'm installing stuff that I can't find afterwards. It doesn't show up
> > >in my home folder. I'm trying to get wine to work, but am clueless.
> > >And I can't seem to get out of my Windows mind-set.
> >
> > If you're using Red Hat, try reading the Getting Started Guide.
> >
> > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/
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> <snip>
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> Everyone has given helpful answers. I'm still lost on how to find an
> app I installed. Not on the start menu; can't think of where to begin
> looking for it. Good point on "wine", Tony.
Some packges are nice and install themselves in your menus, some aren't
and don't. Assuming the things you're installing are RPM files, you
can find out what things are in the file that will be installed by
doing:
rpm -qlp filename.rpm | less
this will tell you where the files were put, so then you can make some
guesses as to which ones are the program files, etc., find out where
its documentation files were put, and so forth. having done that (and
having read the docs) you can try running it from a commandline in
a terminal window. once you figure out how to run it you can use the
menu editor (on one of the menus) to add it to the appropriate menu,
or right click on the desk top and add an app launcher for it.
> I'm the computer go-to guy at church (because nobody else will step up),
I'm right there with you, I do the same thing for the same reason!
> and read some amazing stuff about Linux. Thought I'd try it out on one
> box. I love it so far. I'm just very much behind the learning curve.
unfortunately, it's a fairly steep curve. Keep the faith, don't give up,
avoid the "dark side", you'll come to love it!
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