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. > >Ok, I've run the tar tzvf filename.tar.gz command.. what's next??.. isn't >there some kind of an 'install' command??
Not a generic one, no; this is what packaging systems are for. Read the documentation in the tarball to find out how to install it. There's often an INSTALL file. A common sequence of commands for building and installing from source is: ./configure make make install (this one needs to be done as root, the others don't) ... but check the contents of the tarball first. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
