> > How should I install a package distributed in .tar.gz form? It's
> > called TinyFugue, and it's a MUD client for UNIX (source code form).
> from a root console (or console window) "tar xzvf <packagename>" and
> it SHOULD unpack from there into a directory off the current one, so
> if you want it off the root directory, you'd best execute the above
> command from the root directory, etc.
But where would it go? /usr/local? Should I make a special directory
to hold downloaded packages?
> Then, go into that directory and see if there are any instructions on
> how to install from there. Typically, though, you'll compile the
> program (make config, make, make install make clean to remove the
> binaries from the source directory.)
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