Installation of software UBUBTU 8.1
OK Still a little green using UBUNTU 8.1
Installing debian files is ok but can I install .tar or compile from source? If so what do I need? |
Look at "How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu!" on http://amitech.50webs.com/installing/index.php.html and "Installing Software in Ubuntu" on http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware
Your FIRST action should always be to download from the repositories. Your VERY LAST action should be to compile... |
It depends what you've downloaded, or, more specifically, how it is compressed etc. with regards to 'tar'
'tar' is just a way of archiving, on top of that you usually compress it, whether it ends in .tar.gz || .tgz .tar.bz2 || .tbz2 or even just .tar- you need to 'unpack' it as it were, see Code:
man tar Code:
tar xvvzf archive_path.tar.gz Similarly a j instead of the z will do for bzip and neither will do for pure file.tar When compiling from source your best way is to do a quick ls to see whether or not there is a README or INSTALL file. The convention is the three part Code:
./configure Some apps, especially certain apache ones (or last time I spent any time with them) use their own methods of installation, as do such things as wicd- so looking in the directory structure is your best bet. That help? |
Also if you plan to compile you need to setup your compile environment,..
sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential sudo m-a update && sudo m-a prepare Now you will actually be able to do something with those source applications/drivers you've downloaded. |
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