Hey! Did you see what 1stFlight ! wrote on May 21 ?
1> I'm still confused when I get a program to install in Redhat linux and
1> instead of being in rpm format its in tar format. How do I deal with a
1> tar file ? Also could I have the answer in a step by step manner, I'll
1> understand it better that way. Thanks!!
Okay let's assume that you've just downloaded the latest wiz-bang
just can't live without it piece of software. The file is called
"wiz-bang.tar.gz", (which has everything in the directory /wiz-bang) and
it is in /home/darryl/download
Step 1 - You must unpack the archive somewhere. I like to put everything
I download into /usr/local/src ...
cd /usr/local/src
tar -zxvf /home/darryl/download/wiz-bang.tar.gz
This will then give you: /usr/local/src/wiz-bang
Step 2 - Change to the newly made directory and read any documentation...
cd wiz-bang
ls (look for README's INSTALL's *.txt's etc)
For arguments sake lets suppose that this package's installation
instructions are in a file called README...
less README
>From here on it's just a case of following the instructions in the
documentation. It usually (but not necessarily) goes along the following
lines...
Step 3 - Configure the package for compiling...
./configure
Step 4 - Compile the package...
make
Step 5 - Install the package...
make install
But what if...
What if the package was wiz-bang.tar.bz2 ...
You would use tar -xvyf /home/darryl/wiz-bang.tar.bz2
What if the package was wiz-bang.tar ...
You would use tar -xvf /home/darryl/wiz-bang.tar
For further information...
man cd
man tar
man ls
man less
man gzip
man bzip2
Regards, Steve Youngs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: 34307457
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