I still haven't quite got the hang of installing / compiling programs in linux. so:

how do I install gambas? (gambas-1.0.17)
how do I install phoenix object basic (from janus-software.com)

Well, you must specify what you downloaded. Did you download the source code? (tarballs) Did you download a package? If you downloaded source, the general rule is:

1. Unarchive the tarball
2. In the command prompt, cd to the directory that contains the source code
3. "./configure"
4. "make"
5. [get root access if necessary]
6. "make install"

If you get errors, chances are that something needed is not installed or is out of date. Check the documentation for more details.

Well, I did the ./configure thing, and it brought up some text (shown in attached picture), then I typed "make" and it brought up an error (shown in picture)

Oh, you haven't installed a compiler yet! Open your package manager, and look for the following packages:

GCC
G++
Automake (perhaps)

Then try it.

Ok. So I installed everything in the "development" category of packages. now it comes up with this error message (after compiling for about 3 minutes)

Means that you need the package called "xorg-x11-libs". You can get an RPM for it from Red Hat's package manager.

if you were to use a recent fedora (from the screenshot it looks like you're on redhat 9 or fc1?) you could use yum and just type (as su)


and it would go and find all the prerequisite software, install that then install gambas.

as for phoenix object basic i have no idea how it comes. if they supply an RPM then type (again as su)


or if as code do as joe said

yum (or apt-get for debian users) is definately the way forward - makes this sort of stuff take minutes rather than hours/days/weeks



edit :

another package you may want to try out is monodevelop with the vb.net stuff. md is a really nice ide

i am on redhat 9. is there a yum command in rh9?

I doubt it. I think they only added it in the newer versions of Fedora Core. Try to get RPMs for both packages; that's probably easier than compiling. Then use rpm -Uvh package.rpm to install it.

thank you google! i typed in rpms for gambas and got it... now i have to install it! yay

NEW:
i downloaded it, and when i type: rpm -Uvh gambas-0.9.3 (ECT) and hit enter, it says: