Very basic question from beginner

[Silentwhyspers]

Hi, 

I'm new to mySQL and have a quick question.  I'm trying to install 
ShowTable-3.3.  I must be downloading this incorrectly, as it never shows up 
on my hard drive.  Now I'm assuming that I just ftp to the site, download it, 
untar (whatever that might be) it and then use perl to put it together...then 
upload it to my home directory?

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks, 
Laura