Comments on: Getting to Know Linux: Installing From Command Line

By: newbie

newbie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:58:33 +0000

Wow…still no answer to my question. The linux community sure isn’t very helpful. I guess I will
just continue to use Windows as main and recommend all those I meet to also continue using
windows as they won’t get any help on Linux if needed… ;(
I see no need to ever return to this site again.

By: newbie

newbie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:18:40 +0000

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ linux file downloaded

I downloaded a bin file and it is currently located in :
/home/eddy/Desktop/july2009/unetbootin-linux-356

How do you install it??????

I tried creating a launcher on desktop but that didn’t work (no such file)
Tried to copy to /bin directory and said (no permission)
Tried to run through command line sudo like above and said
something like no child dependencies found?

Are some bin files zipped???

In windows you just click and something installs. I would love to drop windows but
but without decent help files it is hard to do

I am trying to install that so I can create some new usb boots for a netbook.
The netbook doesn’t have cd so I read with with that program you can create a
boot usb directly from an iso file on the hard drive

Once things are setup I would like to make an iso of my system and burn to dvd
so if something goes wrong I can reinstall from it instead of having to download
all the updates again, something I hate in windows. It takes days on a dialup
connection.

A simple step by step for installing from the current directory listed above
would be greatly appreciated. Just pretend like I have never heard of linux
and include every detail. Perhaps there is even a command line from terminal
that would be easy to do. Multiple install options would be fine as I enjoy learning
new things… :)

I’ll bookmark this page and check back later. Thanks in advance for your help.

By: Get To Know Linux: Lesser Known RPM Options

Get To Know Linux: Lesser Known RPM Options — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:18:52 +0000

[...] have touched on this topic before in my article “Installing From the Command Line“. That was just grazing the surface. In this article you will learn a bit more about the rpm [...]

By: Les différents façon d’installer un programme sous Linux et comment optimiser Ubuntu sur un Netbook | AbriCoCotier.fr

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:29:24 +0000

[...] Le premier est un article de Ghacks montrant comment installer un programme sur les principaux installeurs des distributions Linux. En effet, il faut savoir qu’en gros, une distribution Linux n’est rien d’autre qu’un noyau, un installeur (le logiciel qui va gérer l’installation/la désinstallation de vos programmes), puis un lot de drivers et de programmes pré-installé. C’est tout. Sauf que les différents installeurs utilisent des commandes différentes pour s’installer. D’où l’article de Ghacks. [...]

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:50:39 +0000

Actually, it is required to be root only for issuing the ‘make install’ command.

By: iampriteshdesai

iampriteshdesai — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:58:26 +0000

It would have been very useful, had I read it but I guess for the time being I’m happy with Synaptic.

By: gokudomatic

gokudomatic — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:20:07 +0000

thanks, jack.
guys, you’re now ready to leave windows.

just kiddin’

By: jack

jack — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:15:21 +0000

gokudomatic: you are correct. i left out yum. here’s the gist of yum:

install

yum install package_name

remove the package:

yum remove package_name

simple as pie.

By: Paul.

Paul. — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:15:17 +0000

Pfff. Great christal clear artikel again Jack.
Thanks a lot. When you keep them comming, i prommise i wil keep reading them.

By: gokudomatic

gokudomatic — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:31:36 +0000

and where is the yummy yum from Fedora?

By: RG

RG — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:02:27 +0000

Thank you jack, very educational