Very Computer

First, can someone tell me where I can get libgif2?  I am running
Debian, and it is listed on the Debian webpage, but when I go to
download it, it says the file is not there.  It is not on my Debian CD,
either.

Second, is libc6 an upgrade to libc5?  I try to install libc6, but it
says it cannot install because it conflicts with libc5.

Third, how do you install .rpm files?  I have the newer version of the
qt libraries because the qt version I have is 1.2, and I need 1.3.

Finally, I am now using twm for my window manager, how do I set up
programs in a menu?  Right now I can only run one program at a time from
the xterm, because when I run one, the xterm doesn't accept any commands
until the program it is running is finished.

Sorry if any of these questions are trivial.  I am new to Linux, just
plowing my way through so I can get rid of Windows 95 (well, put it on a
smaller partition, anyway.)

--
Paul Traverse
Memorial University Of Newfoundland
Computer Science Department

http://home.thezone.net/~traverse

Quote:> Second, is libc6 an upgrade to libc5?  I try to install libc6, but it
> says it cannot install because it conflicts with libc5.

Quote:> Third, how do you install .rpm files?  I have the newer version of the
> qt libraries because the qt version I have is 1.2, and I need 1.3.

Quote:> Finally, I am now using twm for my window manager, how do I set up
> programs in a menu?  Right now I can only run one program at a time from
> the xterm, because when I run one, the xterm doesn't accept any commands
> until the program it is running is finished.

Quote:> Sorry if any of these questions are trivial.  I am new to Linux, just
> plowing my way through so I can get rid of Windows 95 (well, put it on a
> smaller partition, anyway.)

--Stefan

Quote:> > Second, is libc6 an upgrade to libc5?  I try to install libc6, but it
> > says it cannot install because it conflicts with libc5.

> It is a switch to glibc, the GNU libc.  I would not call it upgrade,
> it is a completely new library. You should upgrade your whole system
> if you want to use libc6. And libc6 still has problems...

Quote:> > Third, how do you install .rpm files?  I have the newer version of the
> > qt libraries because the qt version I have is 1.2, and I need 1.3.

> Download the latest Qt 1.32 from www.troll.no

Quote:> > Finally, I am now using twm for my window manager, how do I set up
> > programs in a menu?  Right now I can only run one program at a time from
> > the xterm, because when I run one, the xterm doesn't accept any commands
> > until the program it is running is finished.

> if you start programs in xterm adding a "&" at the end, the programs
> are started in background and will not block your term.

Quote:> > Sorry if any of these questions are trivial.  I am new to Linux, just
> > plowing my way through so I can get rid of Windows 95 (well, put it on a
> > smaller partition, anyway.)

> No problem at all. The first steps in Unix/Linux are not that easy.

> --Stefan

--
Paul Traverse
Memorial University Of Newfoundland
Computer Science Department

http://home.thezone.net/~traverse