On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:51:22 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is wrong with the gambas package that you should be able to install from > mepis? > > More comments below > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:41:16 -0400 > Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have downloaded the Gambas program, now to decompress the files I > > think that I need to use tar - xvvjf -gambas-1.0.17.tar.bz2 > > /home/alan/gambas > > > > no, more like > > tar xvjf gambas-1.0.17.tar.bz2 -C /home/alan/gambas > > but before you do that do > > mkdir /home/alan/gambas I'd do a tar tjf gambas-1.0.17.tar.bz2 | more just to see where it's ging to end up. Almost gcertainly, it'll create a gambas-1.0.17 directory relative to where you currently are ( eg /home/alan? ), so the need to either create a directory, or redirect it are unnecessary. Personally, I build all my stuff under /usr/local/src, but that's just me. Steve
