Re: [newbie] Re: Installing & running Programs/Scripts/Code

2003-01-02 Thread David Williams
On Thursday 02 January 2003 11:30 am, Gavin Rollins wrote: > Graham, > > I had the same problem.. but via this group, I learned to download these > files into my tmp file first, open them with Ark, transfer ALL the files to > /usr/local or /usr/local/bin... not sure which one. (I'm sure someone wil

Re: [newbie] Re: Installing & running Programs/Scripts/Code

2003-01-02 Thread Gavin Rollins
Graham, I had the same problem.. but via this group, I learned to download these files into my tmp file first, open them with Ark, transfer ALL the files to /usr/local or /usr/local/bin... not sure which one. (I'm sure someone will correct me!!) after you transfered the files they should make t

[newbie] Re: Installing & running Programs/Scripts/Code

2003-01-02 Thread Graham Pohle
I've been downloading tar.gz files from the net, but for the life of me I can't get them to work.I've run the tar -x command but it doesn't work, and I've tried quite a few others, but they don't work. It's not just the tar.gz files either, I'm having trouble running any program. My name is graham