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By carlsjr (User), on Thu Oct 5 18:03:25 2006: aaaaaah......total newb.....sorry!!!!!!!!! [CLOSED].

I have just begun using Linux....I do not have a clue how to install this? I had been downloading RPM files which are fairly easy to use....but compiling? I am totally lost.


I had read the instructions @ adesklets.sf.net on installing adesklets. I do not understand such things as: 'cd' to the directory? or ...if your using 'csh' on an old version of system of V?

Maybe im just being dumb here....but can someone please help me out. I have downloaded and extracted the adesklets to my desktop. I also have a couple of desklets extracted onto my desktop ready to go.

By syfou (Core Developer & Desklet Author), on Sat Oct 7 13:04:44 2006.

Hi carlsjr,

starting using a new operating system such as Linux with no prior exposure to Unix is a challenge by itself: you might want to look at alternative software such as gDesklets or SuperKaramba, that put a lot of effort on user friendliness.

adesklets is targeted at "advanced end-users": configuration is purely textual, desklets installation support is minimal; if you never saw a shell, adesklets is probably not the right software for you: you will probably run into a lot of difficulties trying to get it to work; if you insist using adesklets, there are places such as linuxquestions.org where they assist new Linux users with about any task.

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Sylvain

P.-S. Look into the manual of your shell (man sh, or man bash, or man tcsh, etc. . man `basename \`echo $SHELL\`` to be precise) for the meaning of cd.


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