RE: Questions from a new debian user
On 31-Mar-2000 21:57:04 Hilary Hertzoff wrote:
>
> I've looked in through the documentation until my eyes blurred and I
> haven't been able to find the answers to these rather basic questions.
>
> 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The methods
> I've tried have either shut down the computer correctly or brought me back
> to the X login prompts.
Your window manager probably has an exit menu, but you can also use the key
combination Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to leave X.
>
> 3. When I find the file how do I install it? It's in .tar.gz format
> rather than .deb and the explanations I've found are a bit confusing and
> assume a little more Linux knowledge than I've acquired yet (three weeks
> and counting)...
tar xvfz filename.tar.gz
then cd to the top level directory where you will find a README or INSTALL
file which explains how to install. Usually it goes something like this:
./configure
make
make install (this step as root)
--
Andrew
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