Installing Software


I have installed RH9 on a box at home and I am really new to this OS. I was wondering if anyone can help me with installing a package manager. I am not really sure what I am doing. Once I figure out how to install this I should be able to continue with installing other applications.  

Any help would be nice.  

Oh and I was wondering how do I change GUI desktops from GNOME to KDE?
Program installation methods differ depending on the type of program you are trying to install. Redhat uses the RPM utility to manage .rpm programs, but if you have a .tar, [tar.gz](/posts/bad_link/36792?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftar.gz%2F), .tgz, or similar install file, the steps for installing are entirely different.



From an old post of mine at the *cough!**shameless plug**cough!* [other forum](http://www.justlinux.com) I moderate:



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>  In general, RPM (Redhat Package Manager) files contain pre-compiled, ready-to-run programs and associated files such as instalation/usage documentation, etc.  
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> .[tar.gz](/posts/bad_link/36792?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftar.gz%2F) files, on the other hand, often contain the source code for a given program. This isn't always true; but it often is. If that's the case, you'll have to compile the progam yourself; instructions on how to do so are usually included. The .[tar.gz](/posts/bad_link/36792?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftar.gz%2F) extension comes from the following:
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> The .tar part indicates that the file actually consists of multiple files combined into one large archive file using the "tar" (Tape ARchive) program. The .gz part means that the resulting .tar archive has been compressed using the "gzip" program (similar to zip or Winzip). tar does not, by itself, compress; it only "wraps" multiple files into a single archive file, hence the subsequent use of gzip to actually compress that archive.
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> If your distro supports the use of RPMs (Redhat and Mandrake do),you have a couple of choices:
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> - Your distro will include one or more installation program which you can use from within the GUI. These can vary depending on the desktop environment you use, but GnoRPM, KPackage, Software Manager and Package Manager are a few.
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> - Any rpm package can be installed from the command line using the "rpm" command. If you're not at the command line, open a terminal window and type "rpm -ivh *filename*" (no quotes). This will install the package and give you some on-screen feedback as the intallation progresses. Read the rpm man pages for more info on usage.
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> For .[tar.gz](/posts/bad_link/36792?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftar.gz%2F) or .tgz files, you can accomplish both the decompression and the extraction of the tarball (a common term for a .tar, .[tar.gz](/posts/bad_link/36792?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftar.gz%2F), or .tgz file) using the GNU version of the "tar" command (which is probably the version included with your distro). For example, to uncompress and extract a file, type the following at a prompt:  
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> tar xzvf *filename*. The "z" option will run the file through gzip/gunzip first (assuming you've installed gzip), and then extract the files in the tar archive. Once you've done that, look for a README or some instruction file which should tell you how to proceed from there.
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Read the following link from RH's support site for more RH 9-specific info on the subject and repost if you have further questions:



<http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-graphical-rpm.html>
you need to run rstudio as "administrator" to be able to install into the system level package library.

note: please do not post screenshots, they are considered a bad practice here, post formatted code instead. here is how to do it.

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[faq: how to format your code](https://community.rstudio.com/t/faq-how-to-format-your-code/6246) [guides & f…](/c/meta/faq/22) hi mike, thanks for bringing this to our attention, i can confirm that i’m aware of this issue and a fix is in progress. i expect the latest version to be available the debian/rpm repositories in the coming days.

one short term work around would be to download the .deb or .rpm file directly from th… hi there, welcome!

please check if this tutorial helps:

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[display manager multi-monitor configuration](https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/display-manager-multi-monitor-configuration/4526) [faq and tutorials](/c/faq-and-tutorials/36)

when having multple monitors on system boot, your display manager (sddm, lightdm, gdm etc) will usually not display correctly in respect to your c… You were unfortunately fooled by the marketing. The actual updated Lightroom is called Lightroom Classic. It is exactly like you remember with a develop panel, ability to print, etc and will behave and work like the Lightroom you are used to. What you likely installed is a port of the mobile operating system version of Lightroom to desktop operating systems. Adobe calls this Lightroom Desktop which is extremely confusing. What you want to do is to call adobe and transfer your subscription to Lig... you would need to buy a licenced copy of windows for every machine. 

linux systems are free and young folks at school would quickly adapt to a different operating system and probably learn more from using linux.

here's a link to a download of a good flavour of linux which you can burn on to a cd or dvd and install it on one of the laptops to try it yourself. 

https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

it will be different but there are equivalents to all the programmes to which you're accustomed. We currently have all our machines still on Windows XP and have only just upgraded some with Office 2007.


Budget dollars just have been too cost prohibitive to upgrade all 1,000 of our workstations. At some point due to licensing and availability we will be forced to upgrade. 


The one thing I’ve noticed difficulty with right off the bat has been the ability to connect via RDP to a Windows Server 2008 box. Without some registry hacks/mods in XP this can be problematic if the server is set to the newest (and more secure) RDP protocol. Windows 7 doesn’t have this issue. hello [@lig](/u/lig) and welcome to the community. please read the stuff in [#start-here](/c/start-here/96) category when you have the time.

well. i think you are fine with the fact that fedora 33 is still pre-beta, so it is difficult to find support here. in addition, bugs are expected.

as a rule of thumb, you should install … From the official Node.js documentation:



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> A Node.js package is also available in the official repo for Debian Sid (unstable), Jessie (testing) and Wheezy (wheezy-backports) as “nodejs”. **It only installs a nodejs binary.**
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So, if you only type `sudo apt-get install nodejs` , it does not install other goodies such as **npm**. 


You need to type:



```
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

```


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```
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential

```

More info: [Docs](https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions-enterprise-linux-fedora-and-snap-packages) Hello Nanda, Basically you need to include the network drivers and the storage drivers.

+ You can find the drivers from Manufacturer site where you can filter the Category and download –

Like this – <https://snipboard.io/bQt5ER.jpg> Hello, 
  

  
Try this 1 
  

  
Click on the below hyperlink "Download" and download the file 
  

  
**Download**
  

  
First backup your registry by following the below instruction 
  

  
Click on Start --> In search box, type regedt32 and press Enter. 
  

  
"Registry Editor" will be opened. Click on File --> Export 
  

  
Now extract the downloaded file --> Double click on that file --> Click on "Yes" 
  

  
Now restart your PC 
  

  
Good Luck