> House wrote: I do have a couple of > questions the first one which I think is very simple and I am just > missing it How do you install tar.gz files. > HOUSE
Sorry the other Q's I can't answer, but this one even *I* know ;) This is usually is a 2 step installation for Tar's. ----------------------------------------------------- type at a command prompt *in a Term, like Xterm*: tar xzvf /name/of/dir/here/nameofprogramtountar-2.1.0.tgz OR tar xjvf /name/of/dir/here/nameofprogramtountar-2.1.0.tgz [The first set of commands "tar xzvf", are for files ending in ".tar.gz" or ".tgz".] [The second set is for a Bzipped file ending in ".tar.bz2" or ".tbz2".] Now usually this will unzip/untar these files into a directory with the same name as the program under your "Home" dir. To compile & install the software we do thusly: ./configure make su -c "make install" [This last line prompts for ROOTs password so enter it here]. If you want to change any of the options of the installer, type "./configure -help". Usually you can change the default location with the "PREFIX" argument too. *I'm cheating here, i'm getting 90% of this information from a Linux magazine. I knew some of the answers but thought it'd be best to be thorough for other newbs who need this type of thing laid out in simple & easy to follow recipes*. Sue me, I'm learning too! -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert
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