root wrote:
>
> Hello everybody!!! What 's going on?
>
> First of all sorry for my horrible English.I'm a new linux user from
> Spain,and I'm having a lot of problems in order to install Linux
> programs.
> How can I install "tar" files?
> I'm trying to install Gnome Chess,which contains a file called "gnome
> -chess-0.2.2.tar"
A "tar" file is a file that is made from multiple files and is "balled"
together to make it easier to distribute. You must use the tar utility
to "un-ball" this file into its original files. i.e. tar xfv [filename]
should do the trick. If you see a file with the extension tar.gz or
tar.Z then not only is the file balled together but it is compressed.
In this case tar xfzv [filename] will decompress the file and "un-ball"
it.
After doing this you will probably be left with the source code for the
Gnome Chess. I'm not sure. I haven't looked. If you are, then look
for instructions in a readme file. Usually the procedure is to change
into the directory created and issue a ./configure and if that goes ok
then issue a make and then a make install. However, read the
instructions because this may vary.
Regards
