gregoryop...@cowboy-pc:~$ flock-2.0.3.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2/ configure --..... bash: flock-2.0.3.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2/configure: No such file or directory gregoryop...@cowboy-pc:~$
see ,here you should follow this: tar jxvf flock-2.0.3.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2 cd flock(Key Tab) chmod +x configure ./configure --help you will see some help infomation, and follow the steps,good luck Zhang On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 7:11 AM, CybaCowboy <[email protected]>wrote: > > What did I do wrong? > > gregoryop...@cowboy-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install checkinstall > [sudo] password for gregoryopera: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic linux-headers-2.6.24-19 > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > The following NEW packages will be installed: > checkinstall > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 116kB of archives. > After this operation, 561kB of additional disk space will be used. > Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe checkinstall > 1.6.1-5ubuntu1 [116kB] > Fetched 116kB in 18s (6164B/ > s) > Selecting previously deselected package checkinstall. > (Reading database ... 109832 files and directories currently > installed.) > Unpacking checkinstall (from .../ > checkinstall_1.6.1-5ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... > Setting up checkinstall (1.6.1-5ubuntu1) ... > gregoryop...@cowboy-pc:~$ flock-2.0.3.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2/ > configure --..... > bash: flock-2.0.3.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2/configure: No such file or > directory > gregoryop...@cowboy-pc:~$ > > > On Dec 24, 5:17 pm, elliott-brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
