Re: [COMP] Linux newbie (a week)

Bob Rogers wrote:

> Hi All,
>          I've been messing with RHLinux 5.2 and I'd like to install some 
> programs
> on my system. Problem is I can't open the .tgz archives. I've copied
> enlightenment.tgz to the root dir and tried gunzip and tar but have been
> unable to get it to work.

What were you trying to use to open it?  *.tgz is generally a Slackware tarball;
Redhat generally uses RPM, a widely-accepted format.  First, try getting the RPM
from the site, and if that doesn't work for ya, here's the syntax for the tar
commands to deal with that tgz:

gzip -d filename.tgz
tar xvf filename.tar  (this is created from the original file)

That'll create directories that all the stuff is supposed to go in, like
/usr/X11R6/bin, yada yada, so I suggest you untar this at your root directory 
(/),
so it'll automatically place everything.  There's a -C (?) parameter to specify 
a
starting directory too, so you can go tar -C / xvf filename.tar

>       Also, at boot linux hangs for about a minute while starting sendmail, is

> that normal?

This is a well-documented problem, and a quick fix.  The problem is that 
sendmail
sits there trying to look up 'localhost' or something, which is just plain 
goofy.
I forget the exact fix, but it envolves adding 'localhost' to a file.  Try 
putting
the line:

127.0.0.1        localhost

in /etc/hosts  That should fix you up.  If not, clobber me, and I'll seek out 
the
correct answer. :)


HTH.

John



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