Quote: One more thing, because I'm working from the GUI provided and not from a system boot up, I'm having problems logging in as the administrator. I know my user name and password, wait never mind, I can use a "console" shell. It's starting to sink in. Either you can log in graphically as "root" (which is the administrator), or you can type "su -" as an administrator to log in.
That being said, unlike on Windows, on Unix systems you very rarely do your normal work as root. It's to avoid accidental screw-ups. The more time you spend in root, the more chances of typing something you didn't mean that'll mess up your install. Also, if programs are running as root, they have full access to your computer.
Quote: I did the tar -xzf and ended up with a single file called SmaugFUSS. I did a `ls -l SmaugFUSS' (file details) and it shows the files within it. Is that normal? Does it need to be uncompressed again? Or is that what I'll be using for "make"? That's good. It created a folder. You can then type "cd SmaugFUSS" to change into that folder. Normally, you'd first cd into SmaugFUSS, then you'd cd into src. That's where the making and all that takes place.
As general knowledge: typing "ls" will list the contents of the current directory. "ls -l" will list them, but giving you more information.
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Ok, dumb me, I looked at SmaugFUSS and it was a locked folder, because I wasn't logged in with admin rights. Now I'm getting somewhere. That is strange. It suggests that you decompressed as root or some other user, and are trying to use it as another. It would be locked due to permission errors. It shouldn't be -- it should belong to your normal, working user.
To change ownership, you would open a console window and type something like:
chown -R myuser:myuser SmaugFUSS
where you replace "myuser" with your normal working name. I'm also assuming that SmaugFUSS is contained in your home directory. And that you're logged in as root before you do this.
Using, and of course sysadmin'ing a Unix system is hard work, but it's a whole world of fun once you get it going and start getting the hang of it. So just remember that you'll be rewarded for all this hard work and confusion later on! :) |