The subject line says it all I need some real step by step instructions here. I know where the file is and its name it is a tgz but I need to untar it and then compile so that I can get the software in it working.
Thanks in advance for your help Stuart
On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 08:27, Stuart K Laing wrote:
The subject line says it all I need some real step by step instructions here. I know where the file is and its name it is a tgz but I need to untar it and then compile so that I can get the software in it working.
Thanks in advance for your help Stuart
tar zxvf filename.tgz
This will extract the files from the tgz file in the directory you currently in.
Most tar balls will use the following to build them:
./configure make make install
Best to read any README or INSTALL files that come with the package for the particulars but the above sequence is almost universal.
Greetings Stuart.
Stuart K Laing wrote:
The subject line says it all I need some real step by step instructions here. I know where the file is and its name it is a tgz
if the filename of the file in question is in the form something.tar.gz or something.tgz , then it is not exactly a tar archive . It is a tar archive that has been compressed with gz ( that is what gz in tgz means ) , so in order to untar it you have first to uncompress it .
The command that Scott Harris has just given you does both of these things . You might want to read the tar man pages which describes things pretty well .
Kind Regards, Kostas
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Stuart K Laing