Impulfusion Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 hey people. So i jus installed linux, after so many try's, i got this one working and i have some questions. 1: Where can i get some Linux Icons? High Quality ones :) 2: Is there any Internet Explorer for Linux? 3: Where can i get KDE3? and now, i have a lil problem here... 1st, no flsh plug-ins work, but the directory where they tell me to put the 2 flash files doesn't exist... They tell me i need Netscape, but i downloaded netscape and setup is not working 2nd, when i try to install mozilla, it doesen't let me install it, they tell me that it cannot install in that directory because i dont have permission... wtf?! and another thing, where can i get a Spider Solitaire for linux? one that is like the windows one... Thank You.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtmcgee Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 1) dunno 2) no, IE is only for mac and windows 3) www.kde.org there are instructions for whichever distro you use, and there may be some help on the homepage of the distro that you use as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacce Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 which distro... I'm guessing Mandrake.. but which one if I get it wrong.. 1. http://www.kde-look.org/ 2. Konquer is the closest thing but I would install mozilla though. 3. http://www.kde.org/ << have to install additionally etc... /usr/local/mozilla/plugins << after you get mozilla installed go to consule, terminal.. whatever its called log in as root, type su (su = super-user = root) type password ./mozilla-installer able to install it then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshi Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 1. http://www.kde-look.org/ http://jimmac.musichall.cz/ikony.php3 http://sunshineinabag.co.uk/ 2. no, there are Mozilla, Konqueror, Opera, Galeon, Nautilus, .... 3. http://www.kde.org or at the website of your distribution you need to log-in as root to install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel- Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Every single distro *should* come with Mozilla and Netscape. You shouldn't have to download anything extra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulfusion Posted July 11, 2002 Author Share Posted July 11, 2002 Ok pppl, I got Mandrake 8.2... and no it onlt haves Kongueror and Mozilla 0.9 and i want to install the 1.0... how do i log on as root? cuz i dont get it, when i boot up, i get no options...?! and thx for KDE guys, neone knows notting about Spider Solitaire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiftof Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 -To get a sort of 'temporary root': open a console window and typ su root then it will ask for your root password. To stop being root, type in same console window: exit -To launch a kde program as root: open a console window and type kdesu 'name of the program' (without the quoutes) ex: kdesu konqueror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Something Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Mandrake has an auto login feature, so you need to log-out to login as root, just type rootas the username, ignore the fact theres no pic for it. If you wana use root permitions inside your own acount, which is safer ;) then you can use the 'su' command inside the console. Then the console with have root permitions. To instal Mozzy... cd /home/yourname/mozila [probbaly, if not where ever your extracted mozilla folder is] su ./mozilla-installer good luck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulfusion Posted July 11, 2002 Author Share Posted July 11, 2002 Originally posted by Something Mandrake has an auto login feature, so you need to log-out to login as root, just type rootas the username, ignore the fact theres no pic for it. If you wana use root permitions inside your own acount, which is safer ;) then you can use the 'su' command inside the console. Then the console with have root permitions. To instal Mozzy... cd /home/yourname/mozila [probbaly, if not where ever your extracted mozilla folder is] su ./mozilla-installer good luck.. it tells me, that the file does not exist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Something Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 maybe its ./mozilla-install or something, do 'ls' in that dir and look for a simular file name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulfusion Posted July 11, 2002 Author Share Posted July 11, 2002 yeah, it lists /mozilla-installer, but when i try to do : su /mozilla-installer, it tells me that the file doesn't exist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Something Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 su is the command to become a super user :p, to run mozilla-installer you either need to... ./mozilla-installer or sh mozilla-installer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel- Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Open up the Mandrake package manager and install the rpm for mozilla. Just do a search for the mozilla package and it should be on one of your cds. You did download all three cd's, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Something Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 he wants to install Mozilla 1, Mandrake comes with 0.9, read the replies ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmeg Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Open a "terminal" (e.g. kde-menu/run: "xterm" and become root (enter "su"). Execute "MandrakeUpdate". I think you can have to add a mirror, but I am not shure. This program should list all available updates like KDE3 and Mozilla 1.0. It is not bulletproof, but should work. Perhaps I am mixing something up, but I think thats should all work. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulfusion Posted July 11, 2002 Author Share Posted July 11, 2002 Originally posted by azazel- Open up the Mandrake package manager and install the rpm for mozilla. Just do a search for the mozilla package and it should be on one of your cds. You did download all three cd's, right? yeah, i got the 3cd now i got another problem, when u try to put the flash files into the mozilla's plug-in directory i get accesse denied... again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel- Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 The mandrake package manager will download packs off the net as well. Do a search for "Mandrake 1.0" and it *should* come back with results off whatever website he configures for updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailgreg Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 1) ??? 2) Install WINE ( http://winehq.com ) and then download IE form http://microsoft.com/ie 3) www.kde.org BTW, to install just about anything, login as root :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacce Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 maybe he wants the newest mozilla here's visual aid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulfusion Posted July 11, 2002 Author Share Posted July 11, 2002 Originally posted by sailgreg BTW, to install just about anything, login as root :) how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel- Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Very cool of you to do that. I've never seen anyone give visual aid before. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulfusion Posted July 11, 2002 Author Share Posted July 11, 2002 Originally posted by Spacce maybe he wants the newest mozilla here's visual aid! nice pic, but i allready installed it, i need to log on as root but how>? i got a question, if i log out, does the downloads stop? cuz i'm downloading KDE3 and it's in lot of files :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted July 11, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 11, 2002 i thought it was a rule of thumb that you never physically log in as root. that you are just supposed to use superuser. is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel- Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Originally posted by Impulfusion how? Do you understand what root is? root="Administrator" on 2k/XP You log in as root. Typically you install everything as the root user. When you start up, you should have to log in as someone. Either that, or open up a "console window" (like a dos prompt) and type "su root" It will then ask you for a password. Enter whatever password you defined for the root password during install. See what happens when people rely on the gui for everything? :right: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacce Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 to LOG on as root, click on the K and log out it should have a login screen, you type username: root password: your password.. but you rarely need to do that. and I wouldn't do that above actually usually if you need to install something as "root" in kde or something mandrake will prompt you for the password from the console if you need to run something from there check steps 3 and 4 of the pic Originally posted by BroChaos i thought it was a rule of thumb that you never physically log in as root. that you are just supposed to use superuser. is this correct? superuser = root :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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