Re: Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 --- Euphoria Installation Problems
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Thanks for your response, Irv. The ".profile" file was not included in the
> post because I couldn't copy from the KDE desktop editor to Netscape. It
> appears I have have been spoiled by Windows environment. For a number of
> reasons I have chosen to abandon MS completely and I am now running a pure
> Linux
> system. There was method to my madness, I knew there would be a learning
> curve..... But it has been pretty tough.
There is a "profile" file, in /etc, but that's not the one you want. The one
you are interested in is in your local (user) home directory - generally
/home/ken/.bash_profile (note the dot before the b) It is a "hidden" file, so
the only way you can see it is to type ls -a (the -a says show hidden files)
With KDM, you can select "show hidden files" from the "View" menu.
I no longer use Netscape - but I think you just click on a blank space and
hit the middle mouse button to paste.
> The Caldera Manual says that bash is the default shell. However, something
> must
> be wrong because I have edited " .profile" according to the installation
> instructions and your examples to no avail.
>
> I think at this point I should follow some advise that you (Irv) gave early on
> ... and buy a good Linux manual.... and probably one for KDE to boot (pun
> iintended).
Couldn't hurt. But it's not impossible to learn without one. I did. Just
recently I bought a copy of Linux Programmer's Reference by Richard Petersen
(Osborne) which is a good starter book. Covers bash, tcsh, zsh, gcc, make,
Perl, Tcl, Tk, TeX and LaTex.
> I don't know if in the process of configuring a connection to the internet I
> have gummed up my settings. My local ISP tech told me he didn't think I
could > access the net thru them via Linux. (so much for the level of
expertise in S. E. Georgia!!). But this also speaks to the total dominance
of MS in the > industry. > > Which brings me to another observation .... in
regard to the Linux version of > EE -- again I could not drag the the link to
the KDE desktop from Netscape and > clicking on it seems to extract it (garbled
text) to a page in my Netscape > Browser. This of course does not matter now,
since I have not yet been able to > run euphoria... but, is there a more Linux
friendly way to download the file? >
Yes (and get rid of netscape) the KDE desktop IS a web browser. Just
right-click on the desktop, select "execute command", type in
http://members.aol.com/fileseu, hit enter, and there you are. (You can type in
ftp addresses, also) Left click (and hold) on a file, drag it to the desktop,
and release the mouse button. You'll get a little menu "copy", "link"... etc.
Click "copy" and sit back while the file downloads. Once it is on the desktop,
click the icon, and ark (the archive program) will open it and let you browse,
read files, or extract the package to the directory of your choice.
> Also, I have yet to be able to install the dos version of Euphoria. I have
dos > pkunzip on a MS DOS / Windows disk, but when it is not recognized by DR
DOS 7.3 > -- I think that I must somehow unmount the disk in Linux before I
run the DOS > session and then remount it afterward. I do remember a posting
regarding > transfer of DOS euphoria files to a Linux DOS session, but have yet
been able to > locate via the listserv web page search. >
Eh? DOS formatted disks (hard or floppy) can be read and wriiten by Linux, but
when Linux isn't running, they're still DOS disks. If you have read/write
permission to the DOS directory, you can just drag and drop files at will, as
long as you're running Linux. Unfortunately, DOS can't read or write to Linux
files, disks or partitions. Are you sure the disk was formatted for DOS?
Someone else will have to tell you if Euphoria and DR DOS are compatible -
I haven't tried DR DOS.
> So now.... what are the best books on Linux, KDE, and DR DOS? :) :)
thanks > for the information. >
> I will persevere.
>
> Ken
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