Newbie Install Question

[Philippe Landau]

Tab Gilbert wrote:
> What I need is a geek in the house for about two hours
> but in Outer Bubbaistan they do not make house calls. 
> Did the RTFM but on a first install does not help much.  
> Every .iso I download is corrupt
> (suggested firefox is handling it as text) and just trying to figure
> out why.  Have not found an example on Ubuntu on how to do a basic
> install from "off the reservation" but did not find it.  Instead of 17
> games it would have been nice for a p2p and checksum (which Hoary is
> suppose to have) to have been included (a click on picture edition)
> leaving only 15 games.  Even I can figure out--
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details.
> is just leading me down a path I do not have enough experience with.  
sure, no need.
but i am confused: you say you did not get a complete CD yet ?
where is bubbaistan ? maybe someone can send you one ?

> I guess I will have to find a windows machine and look for another
> distribution with it included. Knoppix is way over my head.  More
> likely put windows (grub ate it) back on cause other folks using the
> machine want to do "normal" things with it.  If Ubuntu is the best
> distribution for "converts"  Sir Bill appears to be safe.  It sucks
> cause I like the philosophy of the Ubuntu folks.
not really, because windows has problems too.
and i don't agree that ubuntu is the easiest distribution for newbies.

kind regards     philippe

--
> Tab
> a "Little Mac" person at Heart and Hater of Windows
> 
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:31:01 +1100, James Gray <james at grayonline.id.au> wrote:
> 
>>On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 04:00 pm, Tab Gilbert wrote:
>>
>>>Is this only going back to you and not posting to the list cause
>>>hitting reply only brings ups your address
>>>-----Guess I will just send and check----
>>
>>Yep only went to me.  Changed the reply-to address for this one so if you
>>reply to this it will go to the group.
>>
>>
>>>---
>>>tab at ubuntutab:~ $ cd parano-0.2.0
>>>tab at ubuntutab:~/parano-0.2.0 $ ls
>>>aclocal.m4    COPYING              intltool-update.in  mkinstalldirs
>>>src AUTHORS       INSTALL              Makefile.am         NEWS
>>> TODO ChangeLog     install-sh           Makefile.in
>>>parano.desktop configure     intltool-extract.in  mime                po
>>>configure.in  intltool-merge.in    missing             README
>>>tab at ubuntutab:~/parano-0.2.0 $ sudo sh INSTALL
>>>Password:
>>>INSTALL: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `C'
>>>INSTALL: line 1: `Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001,
>>>2002 Free Software'
>>>tab at ubuntutab:~/parano-0.2.0 $ sudo sh install-sh
>>>install-sh: no input file specified
>>>tab at ubuntutab:~/parano-0.2.0 $
>>>----
>>>Please ignore the INSTALL mistake.  Does that "missing" means what it
>>>usually means or has the Mac world ruined me and I missed something
>>>else small and obvious.  I guess the default me-think is s p a c e is
>>>bad.
>>
>>install-sh is normally used later in the install process by a script - I
>>don't normally run this manually.
>>
>>To compile from source on Linux (and most other *nix platforms) it is a
>>three step process.  Steps 1 and 2 can usually be accomplished as a normal
>>user, the third step needs to be done as root (or sudo) if you want to make
>>the installation system-wide (for everyone).  Here's the run down:
>>
>>1. ./configure --with-any-options
>>   Look in any "README" or "INSTALL" files for what configuration options
>>   are applicable - normally you shouldn't need anything.  Defaults are OK.
>>
>>2. make
>>   This is what actually compiles the source code into binary.  (There's
>>   more to it that that, but I'm trying to keep this simple).
>>
>>3. make install *or* sudo make install
>>   This installs the binaries into your normal system tree, eg /usr/bin or
>>   /usr/local/bin etc.
>>
>>BTW - these instructions (worded slightly differently) are in the
>>".../parano-0.2.0/INSTALL" file.  To view it type "less INSTALL".  While
>>we're in an RTFM mood, "less README" while you're at it :P
>>
>>Have fun.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>James
>>--
>>default, n.:
>>        [Possibly from Black English "De fault wid dis system is you,
>>mon."] The vain attempt to avoid errors by inactivity.  "Nothing will
>>come of nothing: speak again." -- King Lear.
>>                -- Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"
>>
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