Silgrin4D wrote:http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/resources/
OK, it tells everything but...
...not how to install apps from external sources. I found a number of apps that are not in YDL repositories that offer just "download version for Linux" option. OK, lets download and... what? Would be glad to see any idea where to proceed. These archives usually do not contain any file I could just run from a file browser, and there is no info how to install apps this way.
So - a little explanation before we begin. You may know this already, but let's review, just in case.
Not all Linuxes are the same. There are, basically, four main flavors of Linux - Gentoo, Slackware, Debian and Red Hat.
Each of these Linux distributions use a different binary installer method.
So - YDL is based on Red Hat. This means, we use RPM binary installers - files that end in .rpm. Other binary installers - like Debian's .deb - won't work. (or at least won't work without a lot of work)
From the terminal window, as root user, you can use the
rpm -ivh command to manually install RPM files.
i.e.:
rpm -ivh some_cool_program.ppc.rpmNow - that being said - not all RPM files are created equal.
Since you're running YDL, this means you have a computer with a PowerPC processor. Binary code for Intel processors - i.e. x86 or x86_64 - won't work. So - you must find PowerPC specific RPMs. These rpms will have the text "ppc", "ppc32" or "ppc64" in the title. I can't remember what Mac you have - but you might not be able to run the ppc64 rpms, unless you have a G5, I think. If you have a PS3, you should be able to run any of the ppc versions.
Wait - we're not done.
So - Red Hat Linux is actually split into two versions. Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora. Red Hat Enterprise is for businesses and scientific research - and lags about 3 versions behind Fedora. You can read more about that here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hat_en ... tributionsYDL 6.x corresponds to Red Hat Enterprise 5.x
What this means to you, is that you can't use any RPMs for Fedora versions newer than Fedora Core 6 or so. If you try to install them, you will find that too many other files need to be updated - and if you do that, you may corrupt your system.
If you're still running YDL 5.x, that was based on Fedora Core 5, instead of Red Hat Enterprise. You can't use any RPMs for Fedora versions newer than Fedora Core 5.
Finally - we have a utility called YUM that automates the installation of RPMs. You may have played around with the GUI version of this - Add/Remove Software.
However - Red Hat Linuxes never include all the repositories you need. The Red Hat organization refuses to include software that may included copyrighted material. I explain that here:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2715&p=10004#p10004So - we generally recommend adding some extra repositories. Even though you have a Mac, you can use the repositories here:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3017or if you're running YDL 5.x:
viewtopic.php?t=2316(I think we've been over the extra repo setup before.
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Hopefully - this post will clear up some of your questions, and make your YDL experience a little easier.
Cheers,
Paul