> Nuno Donato wrote: > >Can anyone help me out with a problem. I have downloaded some apps > >for linux, but they are compressed. Can anyone tell me how to > >decompress them. Step by step if possible. > > There are various kinds of compression, usually indicated by the > filename: ...
And, of course, *.deb, which can be installed using dpkg -i (if you really want to, they can be extracted using ar, but there's usually not much point). After decompression, you have to install them. This is where having a .deb file really helps, because it's automatic (so check that the program isn't available that way). If you have an .rpm file is similar, but not as good (for a Debian system). Otherwise, you'll probably have to compile the application - a thing that is usually set up to be automatic, but usually needs some fine-tuning before it'll actually work. Finally, you'll have to copy the compiled program somewhere you can get at it easily (if you're going to use it more than about three times). Jiri
