Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

[john]

Hello
I'm back again on the tar file. I am trying to install 
planner-0.12.1.tar.gz. I have a few questions on the process as 
indicated in Stephen's reply.
Generally, you download the tar.gz files to a particular dir, then in a
which directory or does it matter?
term, type:
tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz
or
tar -xjvf filename.tar.bz2
Is this done from within the download directory?
...then cd into the subdirectory, and then probably:
./configure --prefix=/usr
--prefix??=/usr  Not sure what this means--recommend "prefix". Usr--my 
name or does this refer to usr directory.
make
su
(password)
is there a particular directory to change to?
make install
...and you should  have a compiled binary after that.
--
stephen kuhn - proprietor
Thanks for your replies and assistance.
John


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