[Ilugc] how to use zipped packages to install

[balaji sivanath]

hi,
i want to install softwares which i have downloaded as
zip,tar.gz,tar.bz formats, i came to know ./configure then make then
install to be used to install those stuffs,but this is not working in
all packages, how to install those packages then another question
what's the difference between those formats
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