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Hello All,
I'd just like to say thanks for the help to anyone who helped me with the
Linspire installation problem. It's up and running :O) all I have to do now
is get used to using the OS and I'll be happy.
One more question, if I'm asking in the wrong group please accept my
apologies, will any programme designed for linux work with Linspire or are
the programmes specific to the operating systems such as Linspire, Red Hat,
Mandrake etc? I assume they will because they are from a similar source code
but I want to make sure. I'm on dial up so I don't want to be downloading a
huge programme then finding out it won't work on Linspire cos it's designed
for Mandrake or something.
Any information gratefully appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Dave

Dave wrote:

> Hello All,
> I'd just like to say thanks for the help to anyone who helped me with the
> Linspire installation problem. It's up and running :O) all I have to do
> now is get used to using the OS and I'll be happy.
> One more question, if I'm asking in the wrong group please accept my
> apologies, will any programme designed for linux work with Linspire or are
> the programmes specific to the operating systems such as Linspire, Red
> Hat, Mandrake etc? I assume they will because they are from a similar
> source code but I want to make sure. I'm on dial up so I don't want to be
> downloading a huge programme then finding out it won't work on Linspire
> cos it's designed for Mandrake or something.
> Any information gratefully appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
> Regards
> Dave

If you buy Linspire you get their click and run archive, don't you? Beyond
that, since it's based on Debian you can add their software trees and use
apt-get (more later) to update and add to your installation. There are
other repositories you can add if you need to for specific apps that aren't
in Debian's database. All this will probably allow Linspire to drop you
like a brick.

You manage Debian software with apt-get. As root, you simply run "apt-get
update" (noquotes) to update your local database. Then you run "apt-get
upgrade" to bring your present software up to its latest version. Caution:
you might be downloading 6 or 8 megs just to update the database. And some
upgrades can be in the tens of megs, or more, depending on the state of
your system.

This is the file you edit, as root, to change your sources.
/etc/apt/sources.list

You can add a line such as this, and update (see above) Note: everything
inside the quotes goes on one line, but leave out the quotes.

"deb ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stable/updates main contrib
non-free"

That gets you started. As far as installing programs, you run "apt-get
install <package name>" If you install outside programs you're
complicating things, but it can be done.

I hope I've helped. If not, let's try again.

--

Everyone, please stop using "whilst."

"Jim Bowering" <iambat@otvcablelandot.net> wrote in message
news:40d0e04c$0$19881$2c56edd9@news.cablerocket.co m...
If you buy Linspire you get their click and run archive, don't you?

I got the Linspire as a freebie Jim using the download coupon with their
code and bit torrent. It doesn't give you membership to the cnr wharehouse
as far as I can see. It's a bit awkward swapping to linux based software
after using windows for the past 20+ years (started with windows 3x on a
Compaq Deskpro E20) but I'll learn with a little help from people such as
yourself hopefully.
Thanks for your help
Regards
Dave

Dave wrote:
> Hello All,
> I'd just like to say thanks for the help to anyone who helped me with the
> Linspire installation problem. It's up and running :O) all I have to do now
> is get used to using the OS and I'll be happy.
> One more question, if I'm asking in the wrong group please accept my
> apologies, will any programme designed for linux work with Linspire or are
> the programmes specific to the operating systems such as Linspire, Red Hat,
> Mandrake etc? I assume they will because they are from a similar source code
> but I want to make sure. I'm on dial up so I don't want to be downloading a
> huge programme then finding out it won't work on Linspire cos it's designed
> for Mandrake or something.
> Any information gratefully appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
> Regards
> Dave
>
>
>
Hello,

I understand that you are not a Linspire Click-&-Run member so you need
to use Debians's apt-get for software download and installments.


Use apt-get to install any (linux) software on your system.
But make sure that "/etc/apt/sources.list" file is set right.
It tells where to download packages and source.
Ref:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap....html#contents

You can just begin with the default values, but subsequently change the
"/etc/apt/sources.list" so it downloads packages from the best (or
nearest to you?) mirror site.

Ref.
http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full

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Google for "apt-get and Linspire". (www.Google.com/Linux)
Especially this thread gives some answers (see the last posting).
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=181621

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Check Linspire forum:
https://forum.linspire.com/forum/ubbthreads.php
Search for 'apt-get'

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A typical apt-get usage mantra would be:

$ su -

Always update the internal packge index (package list) first. Do it often.
# apt-get update

Install eg. gaim chat
# apt-get install gaim

$ gaim


# Synaptic is a GUI (Graphical apt-get)
# apt-get install synaptic

Run it
# synaptic


// moma
http://www.futuredesktop.org :: newbie links at the top
http://www.futuredesktop.org/how2burn.html

Dave <deecee@theflykwacs.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello All,
> I'd just like to say thanks for the help to anyone who helped me with the
> Linspire installation problem. It's up and running :O) all I have to do now
> is get used to using the OS and I'll be happy.
> One more question, if I'm asking in the wrong group please accept my
> apologies, will any programme designed for linux work with Linspire or are
> the programmes specific to the operating systems such as Linspire, Red Hat,
> Mandrake etc? I assume they will because they are from a similar source code
> but I want to make sure. I'm on dial up so I don't want to be downloading a
> huge programme then finding out it won't work on Linspire cos it's designed
> for Mandrake or something.

All linux programs will work with all distributions of linux, with one
caveat. The binary versions are compiled against specific library sets
common to the distribution they were compiled against, so downloading a
mandrake rpm and trying to run it on, say, a red hat or linspire machine
might cause you a few headaches as different versions of the libraries are
required.

If you get the version compiled against YOUR specific distribution, or get
the source code and compile it yourself, it'll work no matter what
distribution you're on as long as you have all the required libs and
development files installed.