Re: Newbie --Adding Programs To My Debian Base
On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Will Lowe wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, IBMackey wrote:
>
> > I've been using debian for about 5 weeks. I'm just starting to think about
> > adding some programs, not in the packages, to my system. One such program
> > came in the form of "program.bin.gz". I figure I can use my debian gunzip
> > to get the first part of it unzipped. I have no idea what to do with the
> > "program.bin". Any help is sorely appreciated.
>
> Unzip it and put "program.bin" in /usr/local/bin/
>
> Then make sure /usr/local/bin is in your path, and run the program from
> the command line with
>
> program.bin
>
Will,
Thanks a lot. I think you left out the "chmod 755 program.bin" hint also.
i.b.
Also, to Craig Sanders,
I'm working up to that level,
Thanx
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