on Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 07:50:19AM -0700, Shel Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > --- Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shel Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I'm attempting to install a .tar.gz file.. I've successfully gunzip the > > >file, but I've forgotten how to complete the rest of the installation > > >process.. HELP!!! > > > > 'tar xzvf filename.tar.gz' is the usual incantation; run 'tar tzvf > > filename.tar.gz' first to find out where it's going to put things. If > > you've already gunzipped it, leave out the 'z' flag. > > > > -- > > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ok, I've run the tar tzvf filename.tar.gz command.. what's next??.. isn't > there some kind of an 'install' command??
Expanding on several other responses. A tar archive isn't a sofware packaging format, it's a structure for archiving a set of files to be easily transportable or saved to backup media. Essentially, you're putting everything into a box. In the same sense that a box can hold a wide range of things (cookies, clothes, furniture, books, live chickens, an exotic dancer), a tar archive can hold files, programs, data, system backups, or possibly a build tree for some software. Usually there are instructions either at the site from which you obtained the file or in the top-level directory of the archive itself which tell you how to proceed once you've received the archive. Typically, this will be a file named README or INSTALL. Check the archive itself, the site you received it from, or provide specific details on what it is you've downloaded and/or are trying to do with it. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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