Linux Update, Part Deux
Sep. 16th, 2004 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinanjuAlas, I'm reaching the stage at which--last time I tried playing with Linux--I eventually drifted back to Windows. At this point I've installed the system (check), added Mozilla (check), set my preferences (check), toyed with the software that comes bundled with my distro (Suse 9.0 Personal--check), and spent a few days netsurfing as usual (check).
Now I'm trying to figure out how to install a) Kpoker, b) UFO Alien Defense, and c) Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. I downloaded a .tar.gz version of Kpoker*. I posted to *.linux.setup and was told that it was source code and that I should look for an .rpm version. I found one and downloaded it. I tried to install it with YAST, but apparently I'm missing a couple of other files (libidn.so.11 and libkwalletclient.so.1) so I can't install it.
Okay, so now what? How do I find them? What are they? How do I install them? If I try to install them, how badly can I munge my system?
None of the documentation on my system or online that I've been able to find is much use. It's either too general (What is Linux? The Linux directory system and so forth, or so technical that it might as well be written in Serbo-Croatian for all it means to me. What I want is a tutorial that will walk me through what I need to do and why to find, check and install software, preferably one that is specific to the distro I'm using. I wonder if there's a copy of Linux for Dummies that would do.
Last time I reached this point, I started booting Linux less and less often, eventually going back to Windows entirely. This time I'm more motivated, but it's frustrating.
*Mostly just as practice for finding programs on the net and installing them. Until I can get that working, trying to install or run RTCW or UFO is a waste of time.
Now I'm trying to figure out how to install a) Kpoker, b) UFO Alien Defense, and c) Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. I downloaded a .tar.gz version of Kpoker*. I posted to *.linux.setup and was told that it was source code and that I should look for an .rpm version. I found one and downloaded it. I tried to install it with YAST, but apparently I'm missing a couple of other files (libidn.so.11 and libkwalletclient.so.1) so I can't install it.
Okay, so now what? How do I find them? What are they? How do I install them? If I try to install them, how badly can I munge my system?
None of the documentation on my system or online that I've been able to find is much use. It's either too general (What is Linux? The Linux directory system and so forth, or so technical that it might as well be written in Serbo-Croatian for all it means to me. What I want is a tutorial that will walk me through what I need to do and why to find, check and install software, preferably one that is specific to the distro I'm using. I wonder if there's a copy of Linux for Dummies that would do.
Last time I reached this point, I started booting Linux less and less often, eventually going back to Windows entirely. This time I'm more motivated, but it's frustrating.
*Mostly just as practice for finding programs on the net and installing them. Until I can get that working, trying to install or run RTCW or UFO is a waste of time.
