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I see a lot of hacks I would like to try using but I am unsure how to actually install them. MultiHack seems cool but I am using UNIX. What am I missing?

Thanks in advance!

I always hack by hand. Grab a good text editor and spend the few minutes that it takes to get them installed. The automated way is faster, but there are times where you'll have problems and if you do it by hand you'll have a better understanding of where to look for the resolutions.

ok. i installed my first hack successfully

i notice some of the hacks come with install cgi's, but when i try to run them from my browser, they don't work.. . i run them through perl @ the command prompt and i don't get any errors; just html. . any idea?

ahh, after a day of hacking, i feel like a pro :-D

Make sure you chmod those cgi files.
chmod 755 *.cgi
chmod 777 vars*.cgi

When I hack, I usually do it by hand. I use PFE32 as my text editor. I also download all the files required into their own folder which I title ##-HackName, so I know the order I installed them in. The editor backs up the original file when you edit it. So if you edit ultimatebb.cgi, the original is backed up to ultimatebb.cgi.$$$ This helps incase you have to back off the hack. One problem with this method is that if you install a couple more hacks after it, you have to back them all off, or you will mess up the boards.

You can get the editor here: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/

i do mine by hand (remove head from gutter)

just a nice text editor and making sure to keep original copies incase problems arise.

i'ts also handy to keep all the hacks you've used and a list of them in order they were done incase you have to backtrack.

yeah i've just been downloading the files onto this windows machine, uploading the files in their proper format (ascii/binary), openin the instructions in notepad, load up an ssh session, and get to work. . and, of course, doin a quick tar of my board beforehand.

kinda strenious but it gets easier as you go.