Help...How do i go about installing stuff
 

i'm using slackware 9. i downloaded a file divx4linux-std-20030428.tar.gz off the net. i have been using linux for 3 days only.. just could not seem to get the stuff to install.. maybe i just don't know how... i know the file have been 'tarballed' the most i know is how to untarball it...

Thanks for all your kind help

Did you try Pkgtool or installpkg?

where are those programes located? can't seem to find them... i only can find kpackage... thats all

Type them in Konsole.

Pkgtool is pretty easy.
Installpkg works by also adding the name of the file your installing when you type it.

shaun@Shaun:~$ pkgtool
-bash: pkgtool: command not found

haha.. a total newbie...
could u give me the command to ran instead? like what to type and all
Thanks

Try this:
First cd to the directory where the divx4linux-std-20030428.tar.gz is. Then type:
installpkg divx4linux-std-20030428.tar.gz

shaun@Shaun:~$ installpkg divx4linux-std-20030428.tar.gz
-bash: installpkg: command not found


still cannot

Did you install everything on the slack cd?

tried the pkgtool also

shaun@Shaun:~$ pkgtool divx4linux-std-20030428.tar.gz
-bash: pkgtool: command not found

same error

yes... install everything... the full...every single stuff

Weird. Try searching for them.

found the problem... i did not do the stupid #SU stuff

new error

root@Shaun:/home/shaun# installpkg divx4linux-std-20030428.tar.gz
Cannot install divx4linux-std-20030428.tar.gz: package does not end in .tgz

That's because he's a user (he/she no sex intended).

In order to use installpkg or pkgtool you have to be root, it's in /sbin

Also, I wouldn't use pkgtool or installpkg on it because it's not a slackpack but rather a standard tarball (likely anway).

Use:
file filename.tar.gz
Where filename.tar.gz is the name of the file.

Then you will see if it is indeed a slackpack. If not, you should follow these instructions:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=15
And/or these instructions:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=45094

To install and use it.

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