On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> hey there folks. I have a cd chock full of linux luxuries and would
> like to install a few. Since I am a newbie still (it's a slow progress
> away from that) can someone tell me what I do with files mentioned
> as being in gzip format? Can I un-gzip them? Is this something I
> will find in my lovely storm 2000 distro?
Generally, software is distributed in source format. So what
you do is:
tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz
cd directory_just_created
less INSTALL
(because most packages have install instructions)
Generally, you do something along the lines of:
./configure
make
su root
make install
to install them. But it depends on the package. And of course,
some packages aren't distributed as source, then you have to
read the INSTALL or README file and hope. :)
--
Christopher Thompson http://hypocrite.org/
"John and Mary had never met. They were like
two hummingbirds who had also never met."
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