RE: [cobalt-users] Installing Software

[Dom Latter <DLatter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> thick Linux book here and I'm not afraid to use it :o)  This is a live
> system and I just don't want tons of files appearing where I 
> don't want them.

It's best to get yourself an old PC and stick Red Hat on it and
make your mistakes on that first.  Failing that, what *I* would do
is put a *copy* of your tar file in, say, /home/temp/playpen and
see how permissions and directories are set up when you untar
the file, and that way get a feel for how it works.