[Neglito]

hey ive looked everywhere and i dont understand the concept of installing a tar.gz file, like i dont know whow to compile the make install where to type it or anything...

can anyone explain it to me very thoroughly or have snapshot instructions? please. thank you

[bla!!]

At tarball (tar.gz) isn't an install file, it's a compressed file much like a zip file.

What you want to type is this

tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz

That will decompress it. Then look through and see what you have.

[jnev_89]

download the tar.gz, then do:

tar -xzvf file.tar.gz
cd file
./configure
make
make install

that should be it.

[jnev_89]

btw, here's a good link on installing all diff. formats in linux.

http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-19957.html