linux newbie help

[ufs]

So, I installed linux mandrake 8 and played with it a little. Now I have following questions:

1. I downloaded star office. It's a .bin file. I can't run it from terminal. What do I do with it?

2. I downloaded wine as rpm file and installed it. How do I run it? How do I find out where it is installed?

Thanks

 

[rneff50]

1. You should be able to run the .bin file that you downloaded. The only thing that might be wrong,a dn I think I remember this happening with Star Office is the permissions. You need to make sure that you (root, root should install it) has execute permissions on the file. To get execute permissions type "chmod +x $filename". Then you should be able to run it.

2. To install a rpm, type "rpm -i $filename". This should place wine in your PATH so that all the programs should be able to find it. I think there is an option for rpm, type "rpm -h" to see what the options are, that lets you see output as the program is installing. The command might be verbose, or something like that. If you dont mind me asking....why are you installing wine? It is not a very stable program in my mind, adn I cant think of a windows program that is so good that you cant find a better substitute for linux. What program are you trying to run, maybe I know a substitute.

 

[ufs]

no particualr reason... just wanted to try it out. I do wanted to run games though.