Thread: Linux

I am not putting you donw or anything but linux has a learning curve a little steeper than winblows or macintosh. The best bet is for you to go to a book store and look under computer books (check out the older items at discounted prices). System commands are the same. Flavours and versions can change but that's nothing.


Since you seem to be having problems when it comes to compiling applications, do you have all (and the right) dependency files installed? It will not compile if the libaries are missing or the compiler is missing. Make sure you are pointing everything to the right places.

Without error codes and what you are trying to do and how you get there, I/we can't help you much.

redhat has something thats called rpms. They are much like an exe installer for windows. WHere you download a file and then install the rpm and the software is on your system.

The problem is it usually won't install an icon on your desktop or "start menu" like in windows.. So you either have to make a launcher icon or open a terminal and type in the command to run the program. Its like opening a dos window and running a program through dos