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<glossary id="glossary">
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<title>Glossary</title>
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EXAMPLE:
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<glossdiv>
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<title>test</title>
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<glossentry sortas="rme">
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<glossterm id="bad_mistake">Very Stupid Mistake</glossterm>
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<glosssee>things_to_avoid</glosssee>
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<acronym>VSM</acronym>
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<abbrev>Doh!</abbrev>
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<glossseealso otherterm="accident">
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<glossdef>
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<para>Something you should try to avoid at all costs.</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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-->
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<glossdiv>
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<title></title>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>Binary</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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A file which is in machine executable, compiled form: hex data (as opposed to a source code file).
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>CVS</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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Concurrent Versions System, a software package to manage software development done by several people. See the CVS chapter in the Wine Developers Guide for detailed usage information.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>Distribution</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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A distribution is usually the way in which some "vendor" ships operating system CDs (usually mentioned in the context of Linux).
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A Linux environment can be shipped in lots of different configurations: e.g. distributions could be built to be suitable for games, scientific
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applications, server operation, desktop systems, etc.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>DLL</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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A DLL (Dynamic Link Library) is a file that can be loaded and executed by programs dynamically. Basically it's an external code repository for programs.
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Since usually several different programs reuse the same DLL instead of having that code in their own file, this dramatically reduces required storage space.
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A synonym for a DLL would be library.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>Editor</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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An editor is usually a program to create or modify text files.
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There are various graphical and text mode editors available on
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Linux.
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</para>
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<para>
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Examples of graphical editors are: nedit, gedit, kedit, xemacs,
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gxedit.
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</para>
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<para>
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Examples of text mode editors are: joe, ae, emacs, vim, vi.
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In a <glossterm>terminal</glossterm>, simply run them via:
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</para>
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<screen>
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<prompt>$ </><userinput><replaceable>editorname</replaceable>
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<replaceable>filename</replaceable></>
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</screen>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>Environment variable</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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Environment variables are text definitions used in a <glossterm>Shell</glossterm> to store important system settings.
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In a <command>bash</command> shell (the most commonly used one in Linux),
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you can view all environment variables by executing:
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</para>
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<screen>
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<userinput>set</userinput>
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</screen>
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<para>
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If you want to change an environment variable, you could run:
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</para>
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<screen>
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<userinput>export <replaceable>MYVARIABLE</>=<replaceable>mycontent</></userinput>
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</screen>
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<para>
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For deleting an environment variable, use:
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</para>
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<screen>
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<userinput>unset <replaceable>MYVARIABLE</></userinput>
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</screen>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>Package</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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A package is a compressed file in a
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<glossterm>distribution</glossterm> specific format. It contains the
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files for a particular program you want to install. Packages are
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usually installed via the <command>dpkg</command> or
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<command>rpm</command> package managers.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>root</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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root is the account name of the system administrator.
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In order to run programs as root, simply open a
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<glossterm>Terminal</glossterm> window, then run:
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</para>
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<screen>
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<prompt>$ </><userinput>su -</>
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</screen>
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<para>
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This will prompt you for the password of the root user of your system,
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and after that you will be able to system administration tasks
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that require special root privileges. The root account is indicated by the
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</para>
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<screen>
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<prompt># </>
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</screen>
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<para>
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prompt, whereas '$' indicates a normal user account.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>Shell</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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A shell is a tool to enable users to interact with the
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system. Usually shells are text based and command line oriented.
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Examples of popular shells include <command>bash</command>,
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<command>tcsh</command> and <command>ksh</command>. Wine assumes
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that for Wine installation tasks, you use <command>bash</command>,
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since this is the most popular shell on Linux.
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Shells are usually run in a <glossterm>Terminal</glossterm> window.
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</para>
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<!-- <glossseealso otherterm="Terminal"> -->
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>Source code</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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Source code is the code that a program consists of before the program
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is being compiled, i.e. it's the original building instructions of a
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program that tell a compiler what the program should look like once
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it's been compiled to a <glossterm>Binary</glossterm>.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry>
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<glossterm>Terminal</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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A terminal window is usually a graphical window that one uses to
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execute a <command>Shell</command>. If Wine asks you to open a
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terminal, then you usually need to click on an icon on your desktop
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that shows a big black window (or, in other cases, an icon displaying a
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maritime shell).
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Wine assumes you're using the <command>bash</command> shell in a
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terminal window, so if your terminal happens to use a different
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shell program, simply type:
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</para>
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<screen>
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<userinput>bash</>
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</screen>
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<para>
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in the terminal window.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glossdiv>
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</glossary>
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