How to install softwares in Fedora Core 4

[Aashish]

Hi

I am new to linux. today i installed fedora core 4.0. it looks nice but i have some problems as i dont know how to use it.

1. i need to install some audio recording software, so i downloaded "ecasound" from URL http://ecasound.seul.org/download/ecasound-2.4.3.tar.gz and "audacity" from http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/sour...c-1.2.3.tar.gz. But i dont know how to install them. there is no setup file to install as in windows.

2. I cant access my old win-xp partitions.

3. How to play mp3 files? i can play wav files but not mp3.

my main work on pc is to record and edit audio files. can fedora be a replacement for windows xp for this type of work ?

I am working to get familier to it. any help would be appreciated.

Thanks and Regards


Aashish
India