THis type of file is commonly called a "tarball", and generally it is in
source format. What you need to do is, run (in a terminal window) the
command
tar -xvzf mytarball.tar.gz
You will see a bunch of lines scroll by in your xterm as the file is
decompressed, then you will have your command prompt again. If you type
ls
you should now see a new directory in your current directory, typically
named the same as the tarball, except without the .tar.gz extension. Thus
is my example, your diretory is called mytarball/. If you now
cd mytarball/
to get into this directory, you should see at the very least a README
file, and probably also an INSTALL file, which will give directions on
compiling this application and installing. Usually, all you need to do is
./configure
make
su (must be root to actually install)
make install
exit (to get out of root)
Then run your new program.
Hope this helps,
Dave
On Saturday 19 May 2001 00:35, thus spake Ujang:
> I've downloaded few applications with extension tar.gz but dont
> really know how to install it. I understand that there's command to
> install it. Could someone guide me how to install the applications
> under linux?
>
> My PC running Linux Mandrake 7.1.
>
>
> a Linux Newbie
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