Some general questions

How do I install programs? I tried the *chmod +x* command, and that worked on the aMSN .bin file I downloaded, but then I needed to get Firefox and it was a tarball. I tried .rpm's too with no luck (tried to use alien for it).

How do I install themes, like those from kde-look.org? How do I install Karamba, more importantly?

How do I change the screen resolution, and change the size of icons and things? One annoying thing that happens is when I minimize a window, and I can't find it ever again.

Thanks for support.

To pick one thing (probably the most important thing) out of your list: With Debian, you don't need to install Firefox (or other programs for which Debian packages exist) from tarballs or RPMs, or download other binary installers. Use apt-get instead. Please read the "sticky" topic in the "Hdd Install" section of this forum named "Apt-get / dpkg tutorial".

Once your "/etc/apt/sources.list" is configured correctly, you go to a console, get root, and type

apt-get update && apt-get install mozilla-firefox

in order to install Firefox.

In order to see what installation candidates for Firefox are available to you, type

dpkg -l 'mozilla-firefox*'

or if you don't know the exact name of what you're looking for, go to the Debian packages search page and enter a search string and choose the "Unstable" distro.

As you might guess from the above, you can install Karamba with the command

apt-get install karamba

Thanks, Eco.

For a very detailed tutorial for themes and such for KDE3.2 and up, go to: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15551

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Wrincle

How do I install programs?

---

See this http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15298 for an overview of installing programs in Debian.