[pimppa-users] I must be dense...

[LASZLO A. <la...@no...>]

I'm a raw recruit...
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I've got a newly installed Ubuntu workstation and did a search on the =
net for a way to automate newsgroup activity.  I learned about this =
PIMPPA thingy.  So, I fire up Synaptic and see that yup, there's an =
entry in the list for this software.  I click apply, it goes out in the =
world, installs everything (I expect), and sure enough, I now have =
"Bowser" up there (I read this is the GUI for this PIMPPA thingy).  =
Wanting to get going RIGHT NOW - I select the Bowser icon and I get an =
error message:
           "src_db mysql connect fail"
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Now, I know I ain't done nothing to install or set up MySQL.  I do =
recall seeing a ton of things in the dependency list, but not that...
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So, I guess this is one of those rocket-science tools where ya gotta be =
a whiz-bang genius geek or something.
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I do some searching (my soul and elsewhere), finally stumbling upon your =
PIMPPA home on the web.  I look at the site for a while, stumbling on a =
page that holds the "READ ME" document - GASP!  This looks really =
complicated...
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I guess I'll need to take a vacation to get this working...
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Could someone give me a step-by-step EASY HOW-TO guide to getting this =
working???  What's the order of operation - what do I need to get this =
running?  I've already figured out that I'll need to dive into getting =
MySQL running (and that's about as far as I know) ...
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I sure would appreciate a bit of assistance from someone having a sense =
of humor and patience while I continue to stumble through ...
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Zolo