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Downloading and Installing Software

There is no single installation technique for all software that's available for Zeta.

In the BeOS community there are two major software sites: BeBits and BeZip. On the download page for the software, make sure to download the software that is made for Zeta. In most cases, applications built for BeOS would also work. If you are using Firefox or NetPositive, you're system begins downloading your selection and a Download Manager window appears. As the download is done, the file can be found in /boot/home/downloads.

For Zeta there is two commonly used package formats: .pkg and .zip. If the application comes in a .pkg file, double-clicking it will start SoftwareValet. SoftwareValet provides a simple step-by-step installation for Zeta.

Some of the files you download will be in the .zip format. This is a compressed file format that is used on all major operating systems. Applications tend to be very large files, for users to be able to download them fast and easy, they come in a compressed form.

To install applications that come as archived files, you must unpack them with Expander or Squeezer.

Installing Software from Sources
You can compile the software you want to run on Zeta your self from source. The utility you use is called make, and is run from the Terminal. make isn't the compiler, but rather a tool that manages the compilation. make calls the GNU compiler, to compile the source code.

BeBits
BeBits: The ultimate resource for Zeta software. If there's an application you need, and it exists for the Zeta, then you've got a better chance of finding it here than anywhere else.

GNU

GNU - The prosject was started in 1984 to develop a completely free Unix-like operating system, the GNU system. GNU stands for "GNU is Not Unix".

Most of the command based applications you find in Zeta are ported from this project.
If you are interested in reading more about this project, please visit http://www.gnu.org.

The GNU Public License (GPL) can be found here.

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