How to install programs ???????

antisocialiting · 08-14-2005, 11:17 PM

Hi im using suse 9.3 in the gnome environment. I have been playing with it for about a month now and worked out how work most of the stuff, but what I dont know is how to install new programs., or after I do install new programs where to find them. Can someone give me a walkthrough on how new programs are installed with linux or give me a link to an easy to follow faq / walk through. I'm trying to install bittorent for linux and its an rpm package. thanks in advance.

antisocialiting · 08-14-2005, 11:26 PM

ok I just searched the suse helper for how to install packages and it told me how to install using the terminal. So I tried and it said it was already installed so where do I find the program does it add it to the application menu??
does it get installed to a certain section by default like winds program files?

aysiu · 08-14-2005, 11:31 PM

I don't use SuSE, but it has something called YaST, which installs programs for you. Here are some screenshots:

http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/sl...se=145&slide=1

antisocialiting · 08-14-2005, 11:35 PM

yes i used yast and I'm pretty sure its installed now, but now I need to know wherethe program is or how to run it open it etc.

aysiu · 08-14-2005, 11:54 PM

If it's installed correctly, you should be able to run it by simply typing firefox in a terminal (or possibly mozilla-firefox). Alternatively, if you don't want to use the terminal every time, you can create a launcher in the panel or a shortcut in the KMenu to the command firefox.

craigevil · 08-15-2005, 12:10 AM

HOWTO - Install Software [README]

Ynot Irucrem · 08-15-2005, 02:03 AM

you can see all the files that were installed with a package by doing:

Code:

rpm -ql <package-name>

most packages put the executable file in a directory like /bin, /usr/bin, or /sbin, so you can search for executable files in a package by doing:

Code:

rpm -ql <package-name> | grep bin