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Which package should I select?

  1. CPU
    First of all you need to figure out what kind of CPU you have.
    This should be trivial but just in case, type

    bash$ arch

    It should give output ppc, i386, i486, i586, i686 or similar.
    If ppc, use a PPC package of course and in any other case try a x86 package.
    If you don't have the command "arch" you could always read
    bash$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
    Typically to use PPC package you should read something like
    machine : PowerMac3,1
    motherboard : PowerMac3,1 MacRISC Power Macintosh
    In any other case try a x86 package.
  2. Qt
    The easiest thing to do is pick a package statically linked to Qt. If you want to try using a package dynamically linked to Qt read this.
  3. Package format
    Then you must find out if your machine can install:
    1. RPM packages, type
      rpm --version
      and check the output:
      bash: RPM version 3.0.4
      bash: rpm: command not found
      If it's similar to the first answer you can download a RPM package, and read the how to install section here, in the latter case you cannot use a RPM package, continue reading...
    2. DEB packages, type
      dpkg --version
      bash: Debian GNU/Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.6.15 (i386)and so on.
      bash: dpkg: command not found
      Again if it's similar to the first one you can download a DEB packages, and read the how to install section here, if not continue reading...
    3. tar.gz, type
      bash$ gzip --version
      bash$ tar --version
      If either of these output is similar to:
      bash: gzip: command not found
      bash: tar: command not found
      You're in trouble. Please install gzip and tar from distribution cd or download from Internet. If you get "version info" output, download a tar.gz package and read how to install here.
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