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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Tintin++ is a mud client for multi user dimensions. I know you need readline to install it and I got that done I am just not sure about compiling Tintin, I think there are some issues... K
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Pine works! I rm the pinerc file and recreated and walla it works. I now have to learn how to fix the cosmetics of the email addres but other then that I can send but not recieve yet but I think that will be taken once I do some more digging and reading. As for bitchx, it works and like...
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    I now have the ability to launch Pine from my terminal without permission issues.... except, one itsy bitsy problem.. :P Can't modify configuration file "/Users/kelson/.pinerc": ReadOnly Searchin for this file to change the permissions..... thinking.. things are getting better...
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Update 1. I know the basic commands, thought indepth I do not. 2. I moved the sw file to my user home which is out of the root dir, some files could not be copied there due to permissions issues. 3. I then gave BitchX another chance within the kelson home directory and guess what...
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    It is in sw/lib I will attempt to move it physically into the bin directory.
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Running verify right now.. and it is making some corrections.. correction a lot of corrections which I find bizarre. I think bitchx is in the root folder... drw-rw-rw- 11 root admin 374 Apr 11 20:20 bitchx gonna try running things after verify.. *crossing fingers*
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Maybe I need to read some more.... but, I will post the error messages I need and see if it is something simple. I am presuming it is and I just need to identify it.. When I type pine at my prompt I do it this way [Kelson's-Computer:~] kelson% pine (return) What I get is this as a...
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Okay, when I downloaded fink I supposedly did that .cshrc stuff in pico, well I went in and did it again and then rechecked to see if my changes took and they did!! Eureka! Now, do I need to reinstall my 2 applications so the permissions will set accordingly or do I manually change them...
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Well, this is what I tried after reading your post, I did an update through Fink Commander and that all seemed to work then I tried sudo ircii-20030315 and got this command not found Probably something simple so I am continuing the pursuit. K P>S I did get bitchx up and...
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Well, I did it. There were some stumblings and a few choice words but all in all I think Fink installed okay. I tried to tinker a bit within terminal to compile ircii and had no luck so I tried pine and attempted to compile that within terminal and had no luck so I thought well I need to try...
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    thank you.. here is what I am going to do 1. Install the software tools that came with Jaguar 2. Read Docs after install 3. Install Fink 4. Learn Fink 5. Have fun? My biggest concern is if it this is even worth installing. Thank you so much, you all have been very...
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Well since I have an older mac running OS Jag and I have no choice but partion the drive they way I have, with one being 8gig or less and the other 53gigs, maybe running unix is not such a good idea since the space issue may cause problems? Am I correct in assuming this? I currently run all...
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    Taking the plunge into Unix, help/advice needed

    Hi, I want to run Unix applications such as Pine and ircii as well as open source software. My first question is this.. 1. Do I need to install the developer software that came with Jag? 2. Do I install Fink on the partion that has the OS or can I put it on the 2nd (larger) partion? I am...
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