On Monday 24 December 2001 00:37, you wrote: > install files (that are not rpm) on linux, such as something like this > "ghx3_Linux_x86_glibc22_20010802.tar.gz". I understand this is compressed > twice from what I've read, once tar and the other gzip but I have no clue > what to do with it. > > Thanks in advance, > Mithrilhall > > > =========Mithrilhall========= > Linux - Mandrake 8.1 > AMD K-2 / 350 Mhz > File Server > FTP Server > Web Server > http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net > ========================= I use the term # tar -xvzf gobbledegook.123_tar.gz. and the -xvzf seems to uncompress it and untar it all at once. It's magic. Ha! so then when it lists out a whole bunch of files you can go back to the top of the list and see what file it is originated in, probably something like; # gobbledegook.123 . You can the change directory to that directory by : # cd gobbledegook.123 and at the next return and prompt type ./configure A whole bunch of stuff starts poping up. (These are the only technical terms I can deal with so bear with me). Once it gets back to the prompt you type in "make" and a whole bunch more stuff starts poping up on the screen. Once again back to the prompt and type in "make install" and more stuff pops up on the screen. At the next prompt I will typ "make clean" to tidy up the files and get rid of stuff I don't need taking up space. There are technical terms for these things, I just don't recall them, age and a over compressed hard drive you know. Any way that is the short and sweet of getting a tarball. Once the install is complete you can look in Konqueror and find the read me file or better yet when you first uncompress and untar it go into konqueror and look at the readme file for install first. Sometimes the ./configure command won't work and the install readme will tell you what to use, like ./install or what ever. HTH
-- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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