can somebody please help me.... i downloaded a file from download.com a browser"communicator for linux" for internet browser because some homepages i cant open whith my s---...!!! so can somebody please help me..... and how do i install an file, that i downloaded from internet.... can sombody please tell me in detales please...if you can!½!!!!

hello gringo, if your file looks like this xxxxxxxxx.tar.gz then open a terminal window. if you are not logged in as root, then in the terminal window do this. Each command it followed by the Enter button. su (super user mode) "root password" go to the directory where the file is. ls (shows what it in the directory) gzip -d xxxxxxxxx.tar.gz (-d = decompress) ls (again to make sure the .gz is removed) tar -xvf xxxxxxxxx.tar (I think -xzf means x = extract v = verbose f = use archive file) OK let me use the Netscape installer file for the xxxxxxxxx cd netscape-installer ./netscape (this starts the installer) you must be online when you start this. I am using Mandrake 8.0. You should always give your exact version of linux like MD 8.0, RH 7.3 or SuSE 7.0. It should also be listed in your subject. This way people running the same version will be more likely to help you. Then after this when I want to open netscape. In the Run Command... type: /usr/local/netscape/netscape (hit Enter the first time. This puts it in a dropdown minu so you won't have to retype it next time.) But after you have it in the minu start using the RUN button to not keep adding it to the dropdown minu. All commands typed are case sencetive. You can also copy/paste in the linux terminal window. This make them long files easy to put in after the gzip -d & the tar -xvf commands. I hope this helps. tom