Installing apps from cd

**Spatcher** · 09-02-2005, 07:34 PM

Oky-doky folks............. I am on FC3: went to Applications --> System Settings --> Add/Remove Programs

I typed in root password, and the box opened. I wanted to install the Engineering & Scientific packages so I checked the box and clicked update; I inserted cd 3, then I inserted cd 2. Next it said I needed to update them. I updated them through RedHat's up2date, then rebooted (just because). I log in, hit Applications, and can't find what I just d/l'led and installed!!!!!! I search for 'em. No findy!!!!!!!

Thanks in advance............

Aeuzent · 09-02-2005, 07:52 PM

That's why you need to learn the terminal first, then the gui.

A fun little command is whereis

You could use it like this

Code:

whereis programname

Or the easier was is to just type the name of the program into the terminal. See if it runs.

**Spatcher** · 09-02-2005, 08:01 PM

Thanks I guess........... I confooozed...... do you have the Engineering & Scientific programs? They seem to run off of the terminal......

**Spatcher** · 09-02-2005, 08:04 PM

OKY-doky.............. fixed

I uninstalled that junk........... I saw algebraic stuff and graphing/plotting........ but it's command line based

PS: where do you learn the commands at?

Aeuzent · 09-02-2005, 08:37 PM

I took a class but you can probally figure it out from any of those beginner books they have.

Once you know the basic commands the rest are easy to pick up.

09-02-2005, 07:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Installing apps from cd Oky-doky folks............. I am on FC3: went to Applications --> System Settings --> Add/Remove Programs I typed in root password, and the box opened. I wanted to install the Engineering & Scientific packages so I checked the box and clicked update; I inserted cd 3, then I inserted cd 2. Next it said I needed to update them. I updated them through RedHat's up2date, then rebooted (just because). I log in, hit Applications, and can't find what I just d/l'led and installed!!!!!! I search for 'em. No findy!!!!!!! Thanks in advance............ __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

09-02-2005, 07:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Aeuzent Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Severn, MD Posts: 370 OS: XP SP2	That's why you need to learn the terminal first, then the gui. A fun little command is whereis You could use it like this Code: whereis programname Or the easier was is to just type the name of the program into the terminal. See if it runs.

09-02-2005, 08:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Thanks I guess........... I confooozed...... do you have the Engineering & Scientific programs? They seem to run off of the terminal...... __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

09-02-2005, 08:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	OKY-doky.............. fixed I uninstalled that junk........... I saw algebraic stuff and graphing/plotting........ but it's command line based PS: where do you learn the commands at? __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

09-02-2005, 08:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
Aeuzent Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Severn, MD Posts: 370 OS: XP SP2	I took a class but you can probally figure it out from any of those beginner books they have. Once you know the basic commands the rest are easy to pick up.