cinepaint-0.20-1.tar.gz

unionjak · 11-10-2005, 12:34 PM

hello,
i would like to use the program cinepaint so downloaded the tar file to my home folder. As i am a nebie, can someone please explaine how i 1) extract the file and to where and 2)then what to do to make it work....soz if this is a bit simple, but not even my suse 10 book covers it...lol
Many thanks, steve.

Keruskerfuerst · 11-10-2005, 01:05 PM

You can extract the tarball

1. from console using the tar command (options for the tar command: see >man tar<)

2. with the archiver of kde or gnome

configuration and installation: see the readme in the extracted files.

unionjak · 11-10-2005, 02:48 PM

hello,
i can view whats inside the tarball, but i need to know how to extract it. The readme file is just useless, so i also need to know what to do when i have extracted it. Ps i am a newbie to tar files, so go easy...ta.

Keruskerfuerst · 11-11-2005, 10:27 AM

on console as root:

tar -xzf cinepaint-0.20-1.tar.gz

usually the source program is configured with ./configure and compiled with ./make.
The configuration and compiling is discribed in "readme".

abisko00 · 11-11-2005, 10:37 AM

Sorry if I disagree here: root permissions are not required until you install the software. Until then, you can perform all steps as user in your homedirectory.

BTW: compiling from source may be a little tricky for a beginner. In SUSE, you may need to install some devel-packages that are not installed by default (if ./configure returns errors).

Keruskerfuerst · 11-11-2005, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by abisko00
Sorry if I disagree here: root permissions are not required until you install the software. Until then, you can perform all steps as user in your homedirectory.

That dependes on the permissions of the downloaded file....

abisko00 · 11-11-2005, 10:58 AM

It surely does! But permissions can be changed...
I simply wanted to point out that compiling does not require root permissions.
Sorry if you felt bothered.