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  1. Jun 10th, 2007, 05:07 AM #1
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    Linux newbie question: How do you install applications?

    I know this is more of a general linux question but how would I go about installing an application such as code::blocks on a slackware based operating system (Vector Linux). Are applications referred to as packages? Or are packages specific to Vector linux?

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    Re: Linux newbie question: How do you install applications?

    Slackware doesn't really have a very good package system (at least it didn't last time I used it). Software comes in just a regular compressed tarred-gziped filed (.tar.gz or .tgz) and you install it by doing "installpkg <filename>" as root.

    Your alternative would be to download the sourcecode (and any dependencies) and build it yourself.

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