Kortoom wrote:

> I'm using RedHat Linux 8.0, KDE 3.0.3-8, and Konqueror 3.0.3-13 on my
> laptop now, having abandoned everything Microsoft.
>
> I don't understand how to install an application. I want to get
> StarOffice from Sun, but I can't even install and run their little
> free download manager. I can unzip their file, but I don't know how
> to "run" the file they indicate for installation, nor do I really
> understand how to install an application without a Microsoft-like,
> idiot proof wizard. I can't get a straight answer out of my RedHat
> Linux Bible (which looks like it ought to gave everything in it).
>
> How do you "run" a file like "sdm.sh" or "sdm.bat" to install an
> application? Assuming the install works, how do you know where the
> application is, or how to run it?

You're running RedHat 8.0. You should already *have* OpenOffice
installed, or available on your installation media or from your RedHat
8.0 mirror site.

You run a file like "sdm.sh" by typing "/bin/sh dm.sh". Unfortunately,
vendors that provide binary installation packages (such as StarOffice)
tend to have their own little special installation tools. Read the
"README" files with the software and do what *it* says....