installing .tar.gz software
 

Hello I am installing one software (pwDesktop [http://home.pw/desktop/])

I am using ubuntu 10.04

I am following these stapes

$tar -xzvf pwDesktop-release.tar.gz
then
$./configure
but it saying there is no such file or directory

Look for a README or similar file with instructions.

tar.gz is simply an archive format (like .zip for windows); anything could be inside of it, and you need to follow the specific instructions within.

there are some file files & folders

folders (installer,modules,Resources,runtime)
files (EULA.rtf,manifest,pwDesktop,tiapp.xml)

Please check attached screen shot

ya i done this but there is no such configure file

It is an installer ? ... the commands are :

cd pwDesktop/

./pwDesktop

.....

got this error

./pwDesktop: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by ./pwDesktop)

GLIBCXX_3.4.11 : Yes, that's an object in LIB_CXX → libstdc++.

The command : sudo apt-get install libstdc++6
.. will install the library.

But I get this error, when I start the application :
" ./pwDesktop: symbol lookup error:
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_malloc_n "

I will be back with an answer, when / if I find out,
why pwDesktop fails on Ubuntu 10.04 and other new Linux.
..

The executable 'pwDesktop' will start on a Linux with "libicu40"
(libicu-4.0.x), gtk2 versions 2.16.1 .. 2.18.5 ?
(and a libstdc++ from gcc-4.4.x).
EDIT : Has a 'runtime/' folder with libraries, that differs
from the versions, the executable asks for.
Will check later, if it uses those.

Example : Ubuntu 9.10 ( Starts, but errors with lang=da,
but may work with some other languages.)

'pwDesktop' may have been tailored for Ubuntu 9.10 only ?
I can't find any other Linux with that very specific
library combination. EDIT : Fedora 11 fits, see # 11.

And I also found no source code for 'pwDesktop'.
..

ya i also got this error in ubuntu 10.04
then i google it, i have found many forum,article on this
but not found any specific solution :(

Works in my old install, PCLinuxOS2009.2 :
symlink libicu40 files from OpenOffice version 3.2
to pwDesktop/runtime/ (libicuio, libicuuc), then OK.

Yes, some luck : pwDesktop/runtime/ is first in the
search path for the executable 'pwDesktop'.

OK out of the box in Fedora 11 with lang=en_us
( Was rejected yesterday with lang=da.)

I am not sure of Ubuntu 10.04, is complicated to do.

ohhh
it's very complicated.
but thank you very much for helping me

It has a EULA -> it's probably not open-source -> the source is probably a secret -> the package does not contain the source, unlike most .tar.gz software -> the standard "./configure && make && make install" won't work, because what is does is compile source code.