NEED: Step by step instructions for installing 2200BG

[kiyoshilionz]

My friend and I have started loading Linux, SUSE 10 to be specific, onto his HP DV-5000 laptop. Neither of us have any idea what we're doing, and we're trying to get the internet to work first. We downloaded a 2200BG linux file and put it on a CD, now we have it copied onto his hard drive, now we're trying to figure out what to do with all these source codes in order to install the driver.

This is a fresh SUSE 10 installation, without anything else done to it. Could someone tell us how to actually do this? We're too used to having an EXE do all our work (Forceware and Catalyst?)

[seablade]

If it is the source code there is probably a README or INSTALL file that you can view by using the less command, like such

less README

or

less INSTALL

If ther eis not, nor are there instructions on the website, a basic compilation routine is pretty much

./configure
./make
sudo make install

assuming sudo is installed, if it isnt instead of that last command you may need to type

su
make install

as two seperate commands. Both sudo and su should prompt you for your password to give you root access to your computer.

Personally I would suggest other distros than Suse, but if it works for you, great;)

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