Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-12 Thread Richard Urwin
On Sunday 12 Sep 2004 12:54 am, JoeHill wrote: On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 01:41:34 +0200 Thereidos disseminated the following: Wherever you downloaded the file to, yes. So, say you downloaded Planner to /home/john/downloads, you would 'cd' to that dir, then do as advised above. *Then* 'cd

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-12 Thread john
Thanks for the response. So, in summary: 1. tar -xvzf planner-0.12.1.tar.gz 2. cd planner-0.12.1 3. ./configure --prefix=/usr Following message received at the end of this step== configure: error: C++ preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check See `config.log' for more details. 4. make Got the

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-12 Thread Thereidos
W licie z nie, 12-09-2004, godz. 12:51, john pisze: 3. ./configure --prefix=/usr Following message received at the end of this step== configure: error: C++ preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check See `config.log' for more details. Paste here couple of last lines from config.log (it's in

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-12 Thread Thereidos
W licie z nie, 12-09-2004, godz. 11:01, Richard Urwin pisze: My standard line is now: sudo checkinstall make install sudo is identical in effect to su -c, but requires your user password rather than root, and if you do it again within five minutes it doesn't ask for the password

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-12 Thread john
Thanks for response Paste here couple of last lines from config.log (it's in your planner directory). Or simply attach the file if others wouldn't mind. #define HAVE_DLFCN_H 1 #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1 #define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1 #define HAVE_STDINT_H 1 #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1 #define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-12 Thread Eric Huff
One reason that my root terminal sessions have red backgrounds. But, of course, not su'd sessions. My root sessions have yellow backgrounds but then again - not the su'd ones. You can change the color of the prompt itself. I put this into my .bashrc for root: if test $(tty | grep -c

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-12 Thread Thereidos
W licie z nie, 12-09-2004, godz. 15:56, Eric Huff pisze: You can change the color of the prompt itself. I put this into my .bashrc for root: if test $(tty | grep -c /dev/pts/) != 0 ; then# if in X11 PS1=\[\033]0;ROOT IN \W\007\]\[\033[31m\]ROOT in \W * else # if in text mode,

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-11 Thread john
Hello I'm back again on the tar file. I am trying to install planner-0.12.1.tar.gz. I have a few questions on the process as indicated in Stephen's reply. Generally, you download the tar.gz files to a particular dir, then in a which directory or does it matter? term, type: tar -xvzf

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-11 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:07:42 -0400 john disseminated the following: tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz or tar -xjvf filename.tar.bz2 Is this done from within the download directory? Wherever you downloaded the file to, yes. So, say you downloaded Planner to /home/john/downloads, you would 'cd' to

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-11 Thread Thereidos
W licie z nie, 12-09-2004, godz. 00:39, JoeHill pisze: Wherever you downloaded the file to, yes. So, say you downloaded Planner to /home/john/downloads, you would 'cd' to that dir, then do as advised above. *Then* 'cd planner-0.12.1', ./configure --prefix=/usr, make, su to root, and make

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-11 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 01:41:34 +0200 Thereidos disseminated the following: Wherever you downloaded the file to, yes. So, say you downloaded Planner to /home/john/downloads, you would 'cd' to that dir, then do as advised above. *Then* 'cd planner-0.12.1', ./configure --prefix=/usr, make, su to

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-07 Thread john
JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:13:30 -0400 Lanman disseminated the following: Do the './configure' and let us know how it goes. What is the application you are intending to install, if I might ask? Joe; You may have misunderstood John. He seems to be looking for a good source of

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-07 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 04:18:53 -0400 john disseminated the following: Thanks for the responses. I would like to install mozilla sunbird and the updated version of Planner. I am looking for a manual or tutorial to use. With packages that come as a tarball, I would rely more on the

[newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-06 Thread john
Hello Need help finding a good info. source for installing tar files, simpler the better. I am using md10 desktop. Thanks in advance. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-06 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:48:34 -0400 john disseminated the following: Need help finding a good info. source for installing tar files, simpler the better. I am using md10 desktop. Thanks in advance. In general, if you are installing an app from source, just: tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz then 'cd'

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-06 Thread Lanman
JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:48:34 -0400 john disseminated the following: Need help finding a good info. source for installing tar files, simpler the better. I am using md10 desktop. Thanks in advance. In general, if you are installing an app from source, just: tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-06 Thread Eylem entrk
john wrote: Hello Need help finding a good info. source for installing tar files, simpler the better. I am using md10 desktop. Thanks in advance. John Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-06 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 09:48, john wrote: Hello Need help finding a good info. source for installing tar files, simpler the better. I am using md10 desktop. Thanks in advance. John Generally, you download the tar.gz files to a particular dir, then in a term, type: tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-06 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Monday 06 September 2004 18:48, john wrote: Hello Need help finding a good info. source for installing tar files, simpler the better. I am using md10 desktop. Thanks in advance. John Sorry about this 'man tar'. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-06 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:13:30 -0400 Lanman disseminated the following: Do the './configure' and let us know how it goes. What is the application you are intending to install, if I might ask? Joe; You may have misunderstood John. He seems to be looking for a good source of information

[newbie] .tar.gz

2004-06-11 Thread OOzy
How to extract .tar.gz file. I tried tar -xvf file but no help Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] .tar.gz

2004-06-11 Thread Cookie
try tar zxvf file On 11 Jun 2004, at 16:24, OOzy wrote: How to extract .tar.gz file. I tried tar -xvf file but no help Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] .tar.gz

2004-06-11 Thread Jason Kretzer
try tar -xvfz the 'z' unzips thegz portion the 'x' extracts the tar portion the 'v' is for verbose mode the 'f' is to specify the file -JasonOOzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How to extract .tar.gz file. I tried "tar -xvf " but no helpWant to

Re: [newbie] .tar.gz

2004-06-11 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 11 Jun 2004 16:29, Cookie wrote: try tar zxvf file On 11 Jun 2004, at 16:24, OOzy wrote: How to extract .tar.gz file. I tried tar -xvf file but no help Or click on it with konqueror derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] .tar.gz files

2002-07-05 Thread dfox
I keep seeing everyone putting '-xvfz'. That's never worked for me. I always use 'xvfz', with no '-'. I typed '-xvfz' by mistake once, and I The problem is that the z is after the f - I would think that it would be a problem. Sure enough, tar thinks I am able to open a file named 'z'. GNU