[TriLUG] tar help?==> Basic Linux class

[Ron Young]

Me too!  How do I sign up?

Tom Minton wrote:

>I'd be interested in going ;-)
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>>From: jonc <jonc at nc.rr.com>
>>Sent: Jun 13, 2006 3:17 PM
>>To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
>>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?==> Basic Linux class
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>>If we had a Basic Linux class sometime next month (over a Weekend) how
>>many folks would show up?
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>>Jon Carnes
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>>On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 20:31, WA Brown wrote:
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>>>I have installed Fedora Core 5 on an extra harddrive. What I want to do at 
>>>this time is to install a player that will play MP3's and internet audio and 
>>>video streaming. I have been trying to learn linux for a couple of years and 
>>>have learned a lot but I never have learned the basics(commands,where things 
>>>go, and such). There is no place around here to learn linux.I have a stack 
>>>of books 3ft high but none that I can find starts from the basics. All of 
>>>them assume that you have a working knowledge of linux. I have been looking 
>>>for someone who lived close enough to help me on occaision. I was in Raleigh 
>>>for a class and went by Redhat on Friday. That was a waste of time. They 
>>>said that I couldnt talk to anyone unless I had an appointment. That seems 
>>>to be a bad way to do business. If people cant learn linux then how do they 
>>>expect to get customers? The people on Trilug and Uclug have helped me 
>>>tremendously and for that I thank everyone. I know a Newbie can be a pain 
>>>but we and I dont have anyplace else to learn. Besides,I hate MS with a 
>>>passion!
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>>>Thank You,
>>>WA Brown
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>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Randall Barlow" <randall_barlow at ncsu.edu>
>>>To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>>>Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:39 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?
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>>>>WA Brown wrote:
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>>>>>I dont have the basics of linux. I have all kinds of books and read a 
>>>>>world full but nowhere can I find a step by step.
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>>>>Which mpg123 tarball did you pull?  Can you post a link to it so we can 
>>>>make a step by step for you?
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>>>>R
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>>>>>WA Brown
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "William Sutton" <william at trilug.org>
>>>>>To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>>>>>Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:23 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?
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>>>>>>Did you remember to
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>>>>>>./configure <options>
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>>>>>>before make'ing? :)
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>>>>>>-- 
>>>>>>William Sutton
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>>>>>>On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, WA Brown wrote:
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>>>>>>>I need a little help. I cannot get a tar.gz to install. I have fought 
>>>>>>>this
>>>>>>>and its whipped me. Can someone help?
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>>>>>>>I can unzip it and unpack the tarball but thats as far as I can go. I 
>>>>>>>cannot
>>>>>>>get it to install. I have tried "make" and it says there is nothing to 
>>>>>>>do. I
>>>>>>>have never really understood how to do this. Couls someone give me a 
>>>>>>>step by
>>>>>>>step instructions? I am trying to install mpg123 on Fedora Core5.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>WA Brown
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