Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-12 Thread Thereidos
W liście 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 t

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

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 Thereidos
W liście 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 Thereidos
W liście 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 (i

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 fo

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. *Th

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,

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-11 Thread Thereidos
W liście 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 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 'c

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 filename.tar.

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 documentat

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 informatio

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 inform

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 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.g

Re: [newbie] tar.gz files

2004-09-06 Thread Eylem Şentürk
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 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 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'

[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

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 d