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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00436000000000000000>2.3.6 Installing the software</A></H2>
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<A NAME=secinstallinstalling> </A>
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Finally, you are ready to install the software on your system. Every
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distribution has a different mechanism for doing this. Many
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distributions have a self-contained program which will step you through
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the installation. On other distributions, you will have to <b>mount</b>
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your filesystems in a certain subdirectory (such as <tt>/mnt</tt>) and
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copy the software to them by hand. On CD-ROM distributions, you may be
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given the option to
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install a portion of the software on your hard drives, and leave most of
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the software on the CD-ROM.
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Some distributions offer several different ways to install the software. For
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example, you may be able to install the software directly from an MS-DOS
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partition on your hard drive, instead of from floppies. Or, you may be able
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to install over a TCP/IP network via FTP or NFS. See your distribution's
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documentation for details.
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For example, the Slackware distribution only requires you to
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create partitions with <tt>fdisk</tt>, optionally create swap space
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with <tt>mkswap</tt> and <tt>swapon</tt> (if you have 4 megs or less
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of RAM), and then run the <tt>setup</tt> program. <tt>setup</tt> leads
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you through a very self-explanatory menu system to install the software.
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Use of <tt>setup</tt> is described in detail below.
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The exact method used to install the Linux software differs greatly with
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each distribution. We're hoping that installing the Linux software should
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be self-explanatory, as it is with most distributions.
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html2668 HREF="node77.html#SECTION00436100000000000000">2.3.6.1 Installing Slackware with setup</A>
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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