How to install file.tar.gz
 

hi I'm new in ubuntu and i want to install file.tar.gz but i find it difficult. please help me with details 'cause I'm 0000!!!!

This is like saying: "I'm trying to get a rock out of the ground, but it's difficult....."

How big is the rock?
How deep?
Buried under how many tree roots?
Type of soil?

OK: .tar.gz is an archiving and compression format. You do not "install" a .tar.gz file. After you extract (tar -xzvf filename), then open the folder to see what the next step is.

Finally, what are you trying to install and have you looked in the package manager?

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This is not fair. Why delete your post? Anyway, you will find detailed instructions in the INSTALL file inside the directory you've extracted. This is valid for almost all the source. Also read the README file. If you experience some problem, tell us the exact command you issued and the exact error messages. Good luck!

The post was still on LQ Spy:I don't know why that was deleted, but there you go :)

It's a very good practice to search this forum before putting any post. I have participated in a forum relating what you are asking here that was also about how to install a tar.gz file..

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...559/page2.html


Cheers!!

i followed the instructions but when i wrote make it told me no make file found

He he... I understand why they call it "spy", now! :)

Well... post the last 20-30 lines of the output of the ./configure step. Maybe it terminated with some error and the Makefile was not created. Usually this comes out when you miss some dependency (in that case you have to install something else before being able to compile the needed software).

ok I've understood there is some dependencies i have to install

"The only dependencies you need are Qt 3.x, freetype 2.x and glut 3.7+. You can" this is what is written in the readme file but where do i find these dependencies?

You can search the binary packages using synaptic. If I remember well you can find it under the menu System --> Administration. Click on the Search button and look for qt, freetype and glut. If the little square on the left of the package name is white, the package is not installed. Click on it to select for installation and when you've finished click the apply button.

Furthermore, usually when you compile a software from source, you need also the devel packages (qt-devel, freetype-devel, glut-devel or similar). These provide the header files and the libraries needed by the source code you're trying to compile. Install them as well.

Here is the documentation about synaptic: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

thanks

Ubuntu 'jahshaka repo' ( dapper )

( http://jahshaka.org/forum/showthread...oto=nextnewest )
http://repo.jahshaka.org/ubuntu/dapper/
http://repo.jahshaka.org/ubuntu/dapper/binary-i386/

Packages installed on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty :
The relevant output of
sudo cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep "\installed\ " > dpkg.log-210509.txt
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