[bf1942] FAQ/Readme

[Tom Davis]

If you have the *.tar.bz2 file, then first you need to type "bunzip
FILENAME"  Then after that you need to untar the program.  You would
want to type "tar -xvf FILENAME" This will extract it into directories
for you.  You may want to put the file into the directory you want to
run it from first.  This way when you use tar, it will create the BF
directories below that.  I hope this helps.  You should check out the
alt.os.linux newsgroup.  They put some interesting info there.

Good luck,
Tom

 

Marvin: It gives me a headache just trying to think down to your level.

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg [mailto:bogs at rochester.rr.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 3:26 PM
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [bf1942] FAQ/Readme

I am a Linux newb watching all this unfold so i can learn how to just
install BF ( not even into the bugs yet :)   on my ded server so I would
be
all for something like this cause right now I am lost.
Hope it gets implimented. I am still trying to figure out how this .tar
works is it like winzip and how to you "tarball" the file that is
uploaded
to the server?
Thanks in advance.
I geuss I need Linux 101 but it's no where to be found so I am
struggling as
best I can.
I hope I can get my BF server soon :)

Greg
"the lost linux'er"



----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Davidson" <kiloman at oatmail.org>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:42 PM
Subject: [bf1942] FAQ/Readme


Does anybody else think this list is getting to the point where we might
need a
FAQ/Readme... perhaps included in, or linked to from, the subscription
message?

I see people who have just subscribed asking about how to launch
something
in
Linux, or submitting things allready checked in on Bugzilla, or how to
get a
stack trace... these are all things that could/should be answered in a
FAQ,
because the're probably all going to come up again and again.

If you guys think it's a good idea... I'll start compiling some things
that
I
think are good to know / will come up again.

-Brad