Re: Help needed

[Bob Proulx]

gireesh wrote:
> I was not able to install wmp in my solaris based computer.
> I extracted wmp6.3.tar.z and got two files "install" and "readme"

"wmp" and "wmp6.3.tar.Z" imply to me that you are trying to install
Microsoft(R) Windows Media(R) Player 6.3 for Solaris.  That is a
proprietary product of Microsoft.  Please contact them for support.
We are "the free software guys" and can't help you.  Microsoft Windows
Media Player is not free software.

> couldn't figure out how to install, please send me the exact
> commands to use to install this (install --help gave all the options
> but I was not able to figure out what option to use). I dont have
> the admn passwd for my machine I have logged in as an user.

The GNU "install" program is a program which operates very similarly
to a copy program.  It copies files into their destination directory
and by doing so "install"s them, with a proper owner, group and
permissions.  The extra setting of owner, group and permission
differentiates it from just using a copy program.

The program has been called "install" for many, many years and is
required by software standards.  Many installation scripts require the
"install" program.  It has no relationship to installing MS-Windows
software.  The "install" command is not used by a user to install a
software package.  It is used by software packages to install
individual files from with the package.

That is the confusion you are having right now.  You do not want to
run "install package.tar.gz" or any such thing.  Instead you will need
to follow the instructions with the software package.  Different
software bundles will have different instructions.

The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
utilities of the GNU operating system.  This list is for bug reports
and general discussion of the GNU coreutils programs.  The "install"
program is one of those programs.

Hope that helped,
Bob