Graham, I had the same problem.. but via this group, I learned to download these files into my tmp file first, open them with Ark, transfer ALL the files to /usr/local or /usr/local/bin... not sure which one. (I'm sure someone will correct me!!) after you transfered the files they should make their own folder. goto that folder look for the "readme"doc and follow the directions.
What other type of programs have you downloaded?? RPM'S?? if so I find them to be much easier.. but its best to learn both ways. Graham, its a long learning process but the fruit is so sweet once you get it! if you happen to see a post from "lanman" ask him your question.. he has and still is helping me with my system and I have a mini lab setup in my home... hope this helped a bit.. holla back soon. Gavin aka Grasshopper On Friday 03 January 2003 08:21 am, Graham Pohle wrote: > I've been downloading tar.gz files from the net, but for the life of me > I can't get them to work.I've run the tar -x command but it doesn't > work, and I've tried quite a few others, but they don't work. It's not > just the tar.gz files either, I'm having trouble running any program. My > name is graham and I can place the files in my home/graham dir OK, but > that's it. I can't do anything from there. The only program that I seem > to be having a bit of success with is nmap. It was a simple as typing > nmap as a root command and off I went.If anyone has some useful > information, I would appreciate it.(What would we do without > newbies?)LOL
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