That statement "where the path will find them" might answer some anguish I've
had with tgz files.
Could you explain why you would place the src.tgz files in a directory
different from where you would put the straight .tgz files?
And is it possible that one could untar a file in a place where "pat
I normally put tarballs in /usr/src/packages, but it's up to you where they
go. You have to make the distinction between binary & source tarballs. With
a source tarball, leave it in /usr/src/linux, untgz using "tar xvfz
", cd to the directory created. Normally you then need to
type "./configur
On 29 Jun 00, at 19:12, Neil Rowley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As a recent convert to Mandrake 7 I find myself in a tiz over those so
> called" tarball" and "gzipped" packages. Having recently downloaded
> Realplayer G2 and an upgraded version of the Netscape Browser it's
> pretty obvious that they ar
