targz and how to install

[Phil Schaffner]

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 21:36 +0100, yahya John Lorenzen wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I neeed help to install tar.gz files on my computer.
> 
> i have no idea about how to use terminal window so please show me some
> screenshots..

If you have no idea how to use a terminal window, you probably don't
want to be messing with .tar.gz (or .tgz) archives.  Screenshots would
be less useful than text instructions and pointers to howtos.  A
reasonable starting point might be http://www.fedorafaq.org/

As Chris Hewitt points out, the first step should always be to see
what's available in the core distribution or one of the many 3rd party
repositories.  (See above link and branch out from there.)

If you absolutely need something that's not packaged in an RPM, a good
start would be "man tar" (in a terminal window).  Then you will need to
learn about "su -" to get root privileges, and the standard file
structure and paths.  You might then be ready to ask about installing a
specific tar archive.

Good luck,
Phil