RE: Tarballs and RPMS

2002-04-26 Thread Tom Wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Apparently I don't have man pages on my system detailing how > these work. > > I am wondering if someone can provide me with a website that > will tell me > how they work and how to use them, i.e. install them. What man pages were you looking for? There are no

RE: Tarballs and RPMS

2002-04-26 Thread Trevor
> > Apparently I don't have man pages on my system detailing how these > > work. > > > > I am wondering if someone can provide me with a website that will > > tell me how they work and how to use them, i.e. install them. > Generally: tar -> tar -xf filename.tar [extracts] tar.gz -> tar -zxf f

Re: Tarballs and RPMS

2002-04-26 Thread Tom Wilson
On Thursday 25 April 2002 10 10:12 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s voice rose above the ones in my head and declared: > Apparently I don't have man pages on my system detailing how these > work. > > I am wondering if someone can provide me with a website that will > tell me how they work and how to use

Re: Tarballs and RPMS

2002-04-26 Thread bbales
On Thursday 25 April 2002 09:12 am, you wrote: > Apparently I don't have man pages on my system detailing how these work. > > I am wondering if someone can provide me with a website that will tell me > how they work and how to use them, i.e. install them. A tarball is a file that has been compres