Need help installing tarballs

nationofcass · 02-15-2005, 08:44 PM

i can't understand how to use the terminal to install tarballs. right now i am trying to install the gtkpod but it came as a tarball and the rpm doesn't work. please help.thanks

reddazz · 02-15-2005, 09:19 PM

There is a sticky thread for this topic somewhere. Anyway to give you a brief outline, do

1)$tar -xvjf package.tar.bz2 (if it's compressed using bz2)
or
$tar -zxvf package.tar.gz (if it's compressed with gzip)
2)$cd package (change your working directory to the extracted package)
3)do the following
$./configure
$make
#make install (# means as root)

This may not work on all packages so you have to make sure you read the documentation before attempting to install anything.

RoofRabbit · 02-15-2005, 10:13 PM

I cheat on tar files, I just press ENTER on the file using Midnight Commander and then simply copy the enclosed directory to where I want it. Then goto the dirctory and do the normal:

./configure
make
make install

(normally antways).