Re: Dumb beginner question

["L. C. Robinson" <lcr cyberhighway net>]

To install emacspeak, do:
rpm -ivh <packagename>.noarch.rpm
or more verbosely:
rpm --install --hash -v <packagename>.noarch.rpm

The noarch thing is substituted for i386, alpha, or some other cpu
binary designation, since emacspeak is interpreted (scripting),
rather than a cpu specific binary.

See the blinux FAQ for general info about where you can get the
docs you need.  Do we need some more specific questions and answers
there?  Could you propose a specific question or two, such as:

Question: How do I install the emacspeak rpm from lebnet onto my
machine?

Possible answer:  First get Linux installed on your machine, set up
for a ppp connection through you ISP, and connect, then run the
following command(s) from the the shell:
<list of commands> (or substitute shell script here)

But then we get the chicken and egg problem: how do you do this
stuff before speech is working.  How would you want to do it?

LCR

On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Walt Smith wrote:

> I'm preparing to install Red Hat 6.0 in the next week or two and
> naturally, I want Emacspeak to run with my DEC Express external
> synthesizer. I went to the Blinux site and followed the links and found
> two archives ... the src file, which I figure is the source that you can
> compile; and the noarch file.  What's this, when does one use it, how,
> etc?  Is there a *real* step-by-step cookbook anywhere for getting
> Emacspeak installed ... something for us Linux/Unix beginners that
> actually explains the jargon as it goes along?

-- 
L. C. Robinson
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