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I like to install some programs from the Slackware cd, but they have the .tar.bz2 format and I don't know how install these.
Can someone tell me how I should do it?
it will create a directory called 'nameofpackage'. Go there and follow the instructions of 'INSTALL', or do the 'config >> make >> make install' sequence.
Regards
Thanks for the quick reply. I was afraid of that, I was hoping about an automated install possibility. I think I will download some rpms and use the rpm2tgz utility.
I will download some rpms and use the rpm2tgz utility
What does this 'rpm2tgz do? Does it convert a rpm to tgz?
In that case, why is more simple to use this program and then another one to uncompress, than do directly 'tar xjf ... ?
Originally posted by Y0jiMb0 What does this 'rpm2tgz do? Does it convert a rpm to tgz?
In that case, why is more simple to use this program and then another one to uncompress, than do directly 'tar xjf ... ?
I have presumed a tgz will install like an rpm, and I had bad experiences with compilng from source.
Be careful with doing the rpm2tgz thing... You don't know how the packages were built, where it is going to try to install stuff.... If you absolutely don't want to compile from source (using checkinstall so you can easily removepkg them) then search for .tgz packages (linuxpackages or elsewhere)
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