Re: absolute beginner !
In <[🔎] 000301be0729$e2e40340$0d00a8c0@protable.agora.com>, on 11/03/98
at 01:59 PM, "Alain Cadenat" <alain.cadenat@agoratec.com> said:
>Hy all,
>I am an absolute beginner in linux and Debian
>I have just download and (successfully) installed the base debian linux.
>It runs properly on the same hard disk of windows 95 ! (hmmm not too bad
>for a beginner no ?)
Not bad.
>But now..............
>I dont even know how to read the .gz files in /usr/doc
>I wish also to install an X11 interface. Where can I find one and how to
>install it ???
As usual, there are several ways. You can uncompress the files. "gunzip
filename" will do that. This wastes space.
You can use "zless" instead of "less"
Or you can read the manpages on "less/lesspipe"
and set up lesspipe so "less" works both with compressed and ordinary
files. You don't actually have to create a lesspipe script because one is
provided already. Just set up the LESSPIPE environment string, that's
all. The provided lesspipe script will deal with compressed files and a
lot of other formats too.
Helge Hafting
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