[ILUG] Installing software on Linux (Specifically Fedora core 3)

[Justin]

David Jamison wrote:
> Im getting so frustrated here!
> 
> Im trying to do two things at once at the moment firstly Im undertaking 
> ....
> justify the time and effort put into it.  On the other hand either or 
> both might have been exactly what was required and therefore I lose out!
> 
> So;
> 
> 1. Does anyone know how I could quickly get either Kvim or JEdit up and 
> running

If you downloaded the jedit jar
(http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jedit/jedit43pre2install.jar)
, your can just run

java -jar jedit*.jar

This will install jedit into your home directory by default. All this is 
documented on the jedit website here..

(http://www.jedit.org/index.php?page=download&platform=unix#instructions)


> 2. Is there anything actually better (easier) than KVim or JEdit.  The 
> former for editing Java Files and the Latter as a graphical environment 
> for Java development

You might like Eclipse for java development. www.eclipse.org or 
netbeans. Eclipse a BIG application, not a lightweight editior like vim 
etc...

> 3.  Is there anything Im specifically missing in terms of installation 
> of software in Linux?

There are several package management tools that really simplify 
installling software on linux. yast, rpm, apt-get etc/ etc.

On fedora check out rpm and yum .. http://www.fedorafaq.org/

HTH justin