Trying to install nVidia card - Beginner

[Richard E Miles]

> Can someone please tell me how to install binutils? I thought it was
> installed but apparently it isn't. Every reference I can find tells me to
> "make install" I have tried everything I can think of and I am missing
> something very fundamental.
> 
> I have downloaded and extracted binutils-2.15.tar.gz
> 
> I have placed the binutils-2.15 folder in my /usr/bin/ folder.
> 
> Where do I have to be to make and install? Is it two different operations?
> Is it an obvious file that I am missing?
> 
> My brain hurts.
> 
> Bradley

Don't put the binutils folder in /usr/bin. Remove it. I would not use a
tar.gz version of binutils. Use yum to install an rpm version of binutils. ie
as root do
yum install binutils

This will install the files in the proper directories.

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Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
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