Okay, you have a x.tar.gz file
first, a .gz file is GZipped.... and will need to be unzipped. . .
$gunzip <filename>
this give you x.tar file
tar is Tape Archive Format file
this will need to be untarred. . .
$tar -xvf <filename>
(*
or you could do both in one line
$ gunzip < filename |tar -xvf -
on some systems just
$tar -zxvf <filename>
will work unzip and untar -may not work for you
*)
this will create a subdirectory containing the files. . .
for more info see :
http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginne...lesson15b.html
$cd <directory>
$ls
-you should see a readme or install file. . .
$cat install |less
and do what it says
- generally if is a source package,
do
$./configure
then
$./make
then
$./make install
or all in one line as in previous post. . .
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