On 29 Jun 00, at 19:12, Neil Rowley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As a recent convert to Mandrake 7 I find myself in a tiz over those so
> called" tarball" and "gzipped" packages. Having recently downloaded
> Realplayer G2 and an upgraded version of the Netscape Browser it's
> pretty obvious that they are not RPM programs. On seeking help about
> this there is plenty of guidance out there on the use of commands such
> as "tar xzf" etc. but to where and how do you move the file package
> from the "home" directory" and what do I do the editing with ?
targz filea will unpack with
tar zxvf <foo_file_version.tar.gz>
Almost certainly, if the files are binaries, they'll have a readme
and install file, in text format which tell you what to do. Read
them. There'll usually be a install script file that you'll have to
run as ./install, then do a make and make install. Read the man pages
man tar
tar --help
-Rgds
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