hello again!! i was hoping if someone out there would show me how to run .tar.gz files... need to do it because i downloaded xine-lib needed by xine to be able to install it... im still groping in the dark when it comes to linux ...


hope you could help me guys..

To unpack them type this,
tar xvfz <package name>

Then read the readme and/or install file, that will explain the exact steps to install that package.

.tar.gz files are like .zip files , they contain the source code so you could compile the software

first uncompress it by typing in the same directory
tar -xvzf filename

then cd to the directory thats made

then type
./configure
make
su
<your password>
make install

have a look here

http://govinda.no-ip.com/masand/myhelpages.html

get the installing packages file

see if it helps

i tried to install xine on my machine, but when i do this:

rpm -i xine-0.99.3-2.0.rh9.rf.i386.rpm

it outputs this error:

warning: xine-0.99.3-2.0.rh9.rf.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 6b8d79e6
error: Failed dependencies:
libaa.so.1 is needed by xine-0.99.3-2.0.rh9.rf
libxine.so.1 is needed by xine-0.99.3-2.0.rh9.rf
xine-lib >= 1.0.0 is needed by xine-0.99.3-2.0.rh9.rf

so i get the xine-lib and unpack it and do this:

./configure

it puts out this error:

hecking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.


now, what am i missing here??? sorry but im so new to linux..

I've had the same error, it happened because I hadn't installed the "development tools" when i installed linux.

Do that and you will get the c compiler that you need.

regards
Iain

ok, will do that... i hope it fixes things

ok, now i get this error at the end after i do this (xine-lib):

./configure

configure: error: conditional "HAVE_XV" was never defined.
Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally.

and i still get the same error when i try to run the rpm again

need help

See the following post, it might help

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/275882

(found looking on Google for your error message, it usually helps :-))

Cheers!

what is the O/P of these commands

rpm -qa|grep x11

regards