On 6/12/06, WA Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am trying to install "mpg123".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?
> what file are you using this command on?
> tar does not "install" anything.. its only used for unpacking tarballs.
>
> Jason
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 05:49:53AM -0400, WA Brown wrote:
>> I need a little help. I cannot get a tar.gz to install. I have fought
>> this
>> and its whipped me. Can someone help?
>>
>> I can unzip it and unpack the tarball but thats as far as I can go. I
>> cannot get it to install. I have tried "make" and it says there is
>> nothing
>> to do. I have never really understood how to do this. Couls someone give
>> me
>> a step by step instructions? I am trying to install mpg123 on Fedora
>> Core5.
As others have pointed out, assuming that this is a source tarball,
the usual steps after unpacking are to go into the resulting directory
and then do:
$./configure
This will examine your system and build the make file. Then
$make
Which will compile the package
and then
$sudo make install
which will move the results of the compile to the proper locations.
Now I usually start with a step 0 or looking for a file like README,
INSTALL, README.INSTALL or the like which should point out any special
installation steps for a particular package.
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