a few newbie ?

[wayy2muchpsi]

I have the ver. of yellow dog, I installed it and it works good when i couldnt get mandrake to work on my laptop but anyway i have a few ?


1. how do u load rpm files? i download gaim but it doesnt see the file or anything, is there a program installed to load these files?

2. is there anyway to load another x windows up such as Englightement? i really like the set up of it and was jw thanks for the time

[delirious_d]

how do u load rpm files?

To use rpm, cd to the directory that you downloaded it to, then do something like this: rpm -Uv rpmfile-1.0.ppc.rpm -- you'll probably have to do it as root user. See the rpm manpage for more info or this webpage:
http://www.rpm.org/RPM-HOWTO/use.html

is there anyway to load another x windows up such as Englightement?

I've never actually used Enlightenment, but I assume you could put it in your .xinitrc like so:
exec enlightenment

[wayy2muchpsi]

ok thanks for the help with the rpm

but where is the .xinitric at in yellow dog? and if you had to guess how to install it?

[wayy2muchpsi]

also where can i download a java virtual machine?

[delirious_d]

.xinitrc should go in your home directory, that is, ~/.xinitrc -- I don't think there is an .xinitrc to begin with, I just made mine with pico. To find an example try a Google with ".xinitrc".