Peter B wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 6:06 PM
> Subject: QUESTION
>
> >I took the plunge and installed Redhat version 5.1
> >
> >have had no major problems just haven't figured out exactly how to
> >uncompress a file.
> >
> >I download an IRC program for Xwindows called xirc.tar.gz
> >
> >when I try to uncompress this with the tar command I get a screen full
> of
> >junk. Can someone tell me the correct way to do this?
> >
> >Thanks
> >-Mike
>
> Actually I wouldn't mind knowing a bit about where to install stuff from
> either. I've d/led all this stuff for my linux 2.0.31 box, qt runtimes,
> netscape 4.06, true type font server...my question is WHERE do you
> install these files from? From the / directory logged in as root? Will
> they recurse themselves into the correct directories? Do I need to mkdir
> first with any of them? I'm sorry if these some like dumb questions, but
> the doco's aren't clear on this. i don't want ot install stuff and have
> it install to some unheard of and incorrect place...any rules of thumb?
> TIA
> 'Later
> Peter
No rules of thumb. Some install them to absolute directories, some relative
and some just to current dir. The last two generally will accept any
directory you place them. But what I do generally is this: Open a temp
directory and untar there. The readme file or any other installation doc
generally explains how to install (which dirs to create, which env vars to
set, etc) Then I reinstall to the proper directory, most probably under
/usr/local or /usr/share.
BS
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