Hi there, I'd add the following to that. In a terminal, write:
sudo apt-get install checkinstall Then, as Zhang has written: ./configure --..... make you final command (if all goes well) is: sudo checkinstall <name/of/package> eg. sudo checkinstall This will create a .deb package for the application, list it clearly in Synaptic and allow the package to be easily uninstalled either with Synaptic or with: sudo dpkg -r <name/of/package> eg. sudo dpkg -r flock Another way of unpacking a compressed file (like tar and tar.gz etc) is to right click on the file and select the 'uncompress' or 'extract' (I'm not home and call recall exactly) option. Then open the file created and execute the ./configure (etc) command as described by zhang. Finally, are you sure there are no .deb file for the applications and they are not in the repos? Finally, finally. There is another program called Alien. This is in the repos. Either use Synaptic or sudo apt-get install alien. This will convert RPM files to .deb files. It can be handy. After install you merely use (from the command line again) sudo alien <name/of/package> It will then create a .deb which more often (than not :)) will install easily. HTH Regards, 4ebees On 24/12/2008, zhang <[email protected]> wrote: > > tar zxvf file.tar.gz ./configure --..... > make > make install > > > that's just i can say > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:17 PM, CybaCowboy <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Does anyone have step-by-step instructions for installing ".tar.gz" >> and ".tar.bz2" files? >> >> I'm trying to install the Open Source programs Flock and Songbird, but >> I have no idea how to install these programs! >> >> >> http://www.flock.com >> http://www.getsongbird.com/ >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
