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EVERY TIME I TRY TO DOWNLOAD A SOFTWARE FROM THE INTERNET THAT IS A TAR OR ZIP FILE I CANT INSTALL IT. DONT KNOW WHY
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WE DON'T KNOW EITHER. PLEASE POST BACK MORE DETAILS. STOP.
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ok if i try to download gnutella for ex, and i could install it cause it was a zip file
i dont know how to unzip and install programs with suse 9.2 or file type tar |
try
tar -xvf filename then read the README or INSTALL file for instructions on installing but ususally its..... ./configure make make install |
The tar utility is present in probably 99% of the Linux distros, so you may untar a tarball by 'tar -xvf filename'. If the tarball is also compressed so it has a .gz or .bz2 extention, use 'tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz' and 'tar -xjvf filename.bz2' repsectively.
There are also zipping/unzipping utilities, but note that gzip, bzip2 and zip each are different. Next, if your files are some source code, cd into the directory and run './configure', 'make', 'make install'. Sometimes the last command is supposed to be ran as root. |
Plus, to run a command as root, you need to type this at the command-line:
Code:
sudo COMMAND Which basically... You guessed it; Installs the program. Regards, PS: Don't be rude, you'll just drive posters away. Remember: we're here because we want to, not because we have to... we're not techsupport. We don't care. |
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