On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, William Chang wrote: wc> Here are my questions. wc> wc> 1) When I installed the system, I installed a lot of different wc> programs like StarOffice and ... etc. However, I don't know wc> the command to invoke them and don't know where they go. Is wc> there somewhere or some utilities that can tell me this? wc> In windows, any program you installed will showed up in the wc> "Programs" menu in "Start" menu. I know Linux is different wc> so how can I find out what program is available to me and wc> how to invoke them. wc> I agree, sometimes they arn't that obvious, but, you may find information about it within the docs that the particular packages provide. For example, if you recall the package name, in this case staroffice, you would look in the following: /usr/doc/packages/so_en this one happens to be a good example as the 5th line down shows what you would type on a first time installation. Others can be a bit more cryptic but the various files within the doc directories will provide some clues. wc> 2) If I installed some programs I download from the web. Do wc> I have to login as root to install it? If yes, after I install wc> them, will the regular users be able to use them? If further wc> setting need to be set for regular users to use them, what is wc> the step to do it? wc> Depends on the program, some programs are user based, which means a user could install it within their home directory, whereas others would benefit more if installed as root which would give all users access to the program. Typically, if it's your system, you would install it as root, if it's someone elses system, and all you have is an account (ie: shell acct) you would install it as a user. A good example of this would be installing BitchX or TCL on your shell acct of your ISP. wc> 3) I always get a warning that "/dev/dsp No such device". What wc> does it mean and what should I do to get rid of it? What will wc> it affect my system because I do not really see how it is affecting wc> me running any programs but it just keep coming up. wc> Sorry, drawing a blank all of a sudden, getting late, I'll probably climb in bed and it'll all of a sudden dawn on me. wc> Thanks for all your help. Any opinions are welcome :) wc> wc> WM wc> ______________________________________________________ wc> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com wc> wc> wc> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. -- Victor Hugo -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

Hello, Thu, 02 Mar 2000, ÷Ù ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌÉ:

Here are my questions.

1) When I installed the system, I installed a lot of different programs like StarOffice and ... etc. However, I don't know the command to invoke them and don't know where they go. Is there somewhere or some utilities that can tell me this? In windows, any program you installed will showed up in the "Programs" menu in "Start" menu. I know Linux is different so how can I find out what program is available to me and how to invoke them. /usr/X11R6/bin/soffice

2) If I installed some programs I download from the web. Do I have to login as root to install it?

Nope. Type the command su that will make you superuser give the password that root uses and have fun. -- My personal website http://www.firstnethou.com/gz/welcome.htm -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/