[bf1942] FAQ/Readme

[Tom Davis]

Oh I can completely understand.  Everyone has to start somewhere, ya
know.  Just keep hacking away at it and before you know it, you'll be
able to move around in linux without too much trouble.  :)

Tom

 

Avoid temporary variables and strange women.

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg [mailto:bogs at rochester.rr.com] 
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 10:13 AM
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [bf1942] FAQ/Readme

Thanks much Tom that gives me what I was looking for to get started.
I never learned dos ( actually grew up on Mac and Win so It is hard for
me
inside Linux   ;)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Davis" <tdavis75 at yahoo.com>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 6:31 PM
Subject: RE: [bf1942] FAQ/Readme


> 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
>
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