> 
> Sorry about that installed SUSE 10.2 on my machine....

YMMV but I've found Suse to be somewhat difficult to work with and very
slow on normal software installs, updates, etc. I find that Debian derived
systems like Debian, Ubuntu, Elive suit me much better.

> 
> Just spent half the night messing with "conglomerate", guess I am
> missing something, plus reading one of their numerous "read me files"
> it said that 0.9.1 not to expect too much......
> 
> duh, I had gone through the "Package Groups", "Search" in YaST on XML
> brought up a whole slew of stuff, there went an evening.
> 
> Really love the learning curve, getting a "tar" file then trying to
> figure out where to put it, which switch to use, where to put the
> install and then oops mistyped something, where did it
> go..........     F@$% %^&&^$#^%#  ........... oops that is how one
> archives it tape, figure this all out but cannot compile or
> something..........
> .........then after four hours, a noble guide informs this lost soul
> that it is on their machine already, even found "conglomerate", check
> the boxes, pull the CD's and away we go, I hope....  It is midnight
> there are a few more hours left....
> 
> Would like to find a brain dead site, for example this "tar"
> thing.....
> Copy files to or restore files from an archive medium.  Options need
> not be preceded by "-" (though they may be).  The exception to this
> rule is when your are using a long-style option. -  Linux In a
> Nutshell page 429.  I then got to read three pages of options all to
> figure out how to use "tar", my GUI Archive Manager would export, but
> then the question was to where, my local user, root, under /usr/
> bin.......  where is the "politically correct" rule of thumb location
> for downloaded apps  ?
> 
> Installing as I type here, thanks oh great masters of the "tar" and
> the "grep" - seriously thanks, lets see how this goes,
> 
> Scott M.