how to install .tar.gz and .rpm pacakage in suse10
 

hello friends,
i am new to linux and would like to know how to install .tar.gz and .rpm file in Suse linux10.
Also one thing i had downloaded Azureus4.1.0.4.tar.gz from sourceforge.net but after downloading it is showing only as "Azureus4.1.0.4.tar" and seconldy when i am giving command as "tar -zxvf <filename>.tar" or "tar -zxvf <filename>.tar.gz" this the reply i am getting

Slinux-9uh7:~/Desktop # tar -zxvf Azureus4.1.0.4.jar.gz
tar: Azureus4.1.0.4.jar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Slinux-9uh7:~/Desktop # tar -zxvf Azureus4.1.0.4.jar
gzip: stdin has more than one entry--rest ignored
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Slinux-9uh7:~/Desktop #

if your file with name.gz
#gunzip name.gz
if your file with name.tar
#tar -xvf name.tar
if your file with name.tar.gz
#tar -xzvf name.tar.gz

For rpm if you are installing fresh package
#rpm -ivh name.rpm
To upgrade existing one
#rpm -Uvh name.rpm

i think you are little bit confused about tar and gzip

you misspelled "tar"

in RPM most of the time u get an error message saying that "failed dependencies" and you still want to force the installation then type --nodeps at the end of the command. that is
#rpm -i file.rpm --nodeps

You can also try which will install the RPM, and use the SuSE repositories to resolve any dependencies.

In fact, if the program is in the SuSE repositories then you can download it and install it in one go:

NB: no .rpm extension on that last one.

Does suse use yum. I think it is zypper.

SuSE uses yast2 preferably.

basically i am trying to install flash player plugin for Firefox, where i have downloaded "install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz" file then i have unziped the file using command "tar -zxvf" cammond, after then going into "install_flash_player_10_linux" directory using command "cd install_flash_player_10_linux" but after that when giving "./configure" i am getting error message "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory" as given below,

Slinux-9uh7:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux # ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
Slinux-9uh7:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux #

and the following file are present in the directory,

Slinux-9uh7:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux # l
total 9930
drwxr-xr-x 2 nilesh 1000 128 Feb 3 07:36 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 528 Apr 2 00:05 ../
-r-xr-xr-x 1 nilesh 1000 21701 Feb 3 07:36 flashplayer-installer*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 nilesh 1000 10131640 Feb 3 07:36 libflashplayer.so*
Slinux-9uh7:~/Desktop/install_flash_player_10_linux #

so kinldy suggest me what to do to install this software.
I am using Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 edition.

nileshkumar, you can find instructions on this here:

http://www.susegeek.com/multimedia/i...pensuse-linux/

It suggests that there should be a command named ./flashplayer-installer rather than going through the usual configure/make/make-install cycle.

If that doesn't work, run ls and you should see which files are available.

Hope that helps,

—Robert J Lee