Mandrake 9.2 install from scratch for dummies

[eula]

Steps to get ShowEQ running on a spare PC with Mandrake 9.2

1) Find a spare computer that meets the following minimum requirements:
_Pentium II (or equivalent AMD)
128MB+ Ram
CDROM 4x speed+
(Note: If your computer is a Compaq or has an LG brand CDROM, READ THIS NOW! http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3)
3 1/2" FDD
Hard Drive 5GB+
Ethernet Adapter (aka NIC, or Network Card)
Monitor, Keyboard, & Mouse

2) You will need a network HUB (note: a SWITCH will NOT work!, it must be a HUB)

3) Download the three Mandrake 9.2 ISO files and burn the CDs._ Here is a list of US ftp sites hosting the files._ You will need to download and burn CDs of the following files:

Mandrake92-cd1-inst.i586.iso
Mandrake92-cd2-ext.i586.iso
Mandrake92-cd3-i18n.i586.iso

United States FTP Sites where you can download these:
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/iso/ (Pennsylvania)
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake/iso/ (North Carolina)
ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/iso/ (Florida)
ftp://ftp.cs.ucr.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/iso/ (California)
ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/iso/ (Utah)
ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/mandrake/iso/ (Indiana)
ftp://ftp.phys.ttu.edu/pub/mandrake/iso/ (Texas)
ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/iso/ (Boston)
ftp://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/mandrake/Mandrake/iso/ (New Jersey)
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/distributions/mandrake/iso/ (Virginia)
ftp://ftp.umr.edu/pub/linux/mandrake/Mandrake/iso/ (Missouri)
ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/mandrake/iso/ (Indiana)
ftp://mandrake.mirrors.pair.com/mandrake/iso/ (Pennsylvania)
ftp://mirror.aca.oakland.edu/linux/mandrake/iso/ (Michigan)
ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/Mandrake/iso/ (Wisconsin)
ftp://mirrors.ptd.net/mandrake/iso/ (Pensylvania)
ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/mandrake/Mandrake/iso/
ftp://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/iso/ (California)
ftp://mirrors.xmission.com/mandrake/iso/ (Utah)
ftp://raven.cslab.vt.edu/pub/linux/mandrake/iso/ (Virgina)
ftp://sluglug.ucsc.edu/pub/Mandrake/iso/ (California)

4) Burn the CDs, and boot off the first one (Mandrake92-cd1-inst.i586.iso)

5) Just click through the defaults and let Mandrake configure your hard drive. When you get to a screen where you can select what you want installed, continue to next step.

6) Leave all the defaults, but also click the check box for "Development" and "Individual Package Selection"

7) Install will begin, and you will be presented with a list of available packages._ To make it easier to find the extra packages you need to select, click on the button at the bottom on the page that reads: "Toggle between flat and group sorts," then find and select the following additional files:

libgdbm2-1.8.0-24mdk
libgdbm2-devel-1.8.0-24mdk
libpcap0-0.7.2-3mdk
libpcap0-devel-0.7.2-3mdk

8) Some tips:
Create a user for yourself, don't log in as root, and avoid running X as root.
Don't leave your root password blank, but write it down (maybe pencil it on your ShowEQ server case)

9) After the Mandrake install is complete, login and open a terminal session

10) Enter the following commands in the terminal session (note: these must be entered exactly as they are listed here. I recommend opening this page on your Mandrake Linux PC, then cut/paste the commands to help prevent typos):

md seq
cd seq
cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/seq login

## Note: you will be prompted for a password, just press enter ##

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/seq co showeq
cd showeq
cvs update -P
cvs -d :pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/seq logout
export CC=gcc-3.3.1
export CXX=g++-3.3.1
export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-3.2.3
make -f Makefile.dist
./configure
make
su

## Note: you will be prompted for a password, enter your root password ##

make install

11) Now you can create an icon on the desktop for ShowEQ. Right click on the desktop and select "Create New," "Link to Application..." - Also choose and icon you like.

12) Enter "ShowEQ" for name, then click the "Execute" tab

13) in the "Command" box enter: /usr/local/bin/showeq

14) At the bottom, click in check box "Run as a different user" and in "Username" box enter: root

15) Click "OK"

16) Lauch your new ShowEQ program and have fun :)
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[Cryonic]

You can shorten step 10 to:

mkdir seq
cd seq
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/seq co showeq
cd showeq
cvs update -P
make -f Makefile.dist
./configure
make
su

## Note: you will be prompted for a password, enter your root password ##

make install

[RavenCT]

As far as the required hardware goes, I run my SEQ on a Pentium 233 with only 32 MB of RAM... I DO compile it on a faster machine, but after I do that I just tar up the showeq and bin directories, ftp them over to the "slug", unpack them and I'm good to go! Is it slow? Oh yea, it's painful to restart the machine (it takes at least five minutes to bring up xWindows) but SEQ DOES work, slow, but it works just fine :)