2008/7/5 Antonio Olivares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > --- On Sat, 7/5/08, Luis Orlindo Tedeschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Luis Orlindo Tedeschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: How to install from tar.gz2 > > To: "For users of Fedora" <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 8:01 AM > > Folks; I am new to Linux/Fedora and I have a question > > regarding tar.bz2 > > files. I searched for this topic and I did not get I clear > > answer. How > > to I install from a tar.gz2 file? Thanks in advance... > > -- > > Luis Orlindo Tedeschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > > >From tar.gz2, I do not know or have enough experience with it, but the > previous > > filename.tar.bz2, it is not that hard. > > 1) extract the archive with > $ tar -jxvf filename.tar.bz2 > > 2) change to the directory and read the files README,INSTALL,..., > > $ ./configure > $ make > $ su -c 'make install' > password: > > Usually it is like that, it will depend on the archive. With *.tar.gz, the > process is similar only that the file is extracted with > > $ tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz > > HTH, > > Antonio > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
Also sometimes tar archives have inside shell script files (like install.sh or upgrade.sh) You may extract folder from archive, go in it (cd command) and run this script (./install.sh)
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