Installation of programs
I am thinking I need to buy a "linux for idiots" book because I am having an issue insalling almost everything... I just don't know how to do it if its not in a .deb. What do I do with tar files after I unpack them? That is my real question.
wine is not the only one, I can't insall anytihing that is tar because i just dont know what to do with the files after I unpack them.... like moblock (peerguardian clone)... unpack the files, then what? please help me out, I am using simplyMepis. |
After you unpack, the contents should have README and/or INSTALL files which describe how you exactly continue from there on. There might be an installer script, like install.sh (or .run or whatever), which you could use like
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./configure && make && make install Read the documentation that comes along. And the websites if any. |
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There are 4 basic ways of installing SW, in order of increasing complexity:
Sooooo, tell us what kinds of files you are looking at (and what the README file says) and we can give more specific help. (But search your repository first to make sure Mepis/Ubuntu has not already done all the work for you.) |
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collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Code:
gcc -DALIASPATH=\"/usr/share/locale:.\" |
First READ APT HOWTO
Then: How To Compile Linux Software With Debian Linux If you do not have Synaptic installed already , install it as root by doing apt-get install synaptic. then you can open it and browse for programs. Always check synaptic first or you can use APT to search for packages by doing apt-cache search packagename or for more detailed info apt-cache show packagename. Compiling from source, especially in a Debian/Ubuntu based distro should almost be done as a last resort. With over 20k packages available via Synaptic chances are very good that you will find the app you are looking for. If you download a .deb package the easiest way to install it is to open it with kpackage then just click install. If you are new to Linux the best thing to do is to READ the documentation that is available for the distro you are using. Once you get the hang of it installing packages is very easy. |
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