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From: Mike Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 6:06 PM
Subject: QUESTION
>I took the plunge and installed Redhat version 5.1
>
>have had no major problems just haven't figured out exactly how to
>uncompress a file.
>
>I download an IRC program for Xwindows called xirc.tar.gz
>
>when I try to uncompress this with the tar command I get a screen full
of
>junk. Can someone tell me the correct way to do this?
>
>Thanks
>-Mike
Actually I wouldn't mind knowing a bit about where to install stuff from
either. I've d/led all this stuff for my linux 2.0.31 box, qt runtimes,
netscape 4.06, true type font server...my question is WHERE do you
install these files from? From the / directory logged in as root? Will
they recurse themselves into the correct directories? Do I need to mkdir
first with any of them? I'm sorry if these some like dumb questions, but
the doco's aren't clear on this. i don't want ot install stuff and have
it install to some unheard of and incorrect place...any rules of thumb?
TIA
'Later
Peter
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