installing???

col.kowalski · 09-10-2004, 03:16 PM

how do you install files that you get in tar.gz files in SuSe? the farthest i have gotten is getting the file untarred, but i have no clue as to how to install the package...something like make install, but where and how, do i type that in??

tuxrules · 09-10-2004, 03:19 PM

you would do that at the command line. If you have unzipped the package, go the directory created after unzip and look for README (generally a readme file is included) file for specific installation instructions.

serz · 09-10-2004, 03:36 PM

Yes.. most (all?) of the .tar.gz / tar.bz2 packages come with README or INSTALL text files.

ehawk · 09-10-2004, 03:41 PM

Yes, read the INSTALL file. That being said, the process is normally

./configure
make
make install

col.kowalski · 09-11-2004, 04:19 AM

yeah, i read those, and then it tells me i need a compiled kernel or somethin like that

sether · 09-11-2004, 05:12 AM

what exactly is it asking for? perhaps the program you're installing requires a certain option compiled into the kernel? or the program requires the kernel sources? can you give some more details?

kenji · 09-13-2004, 02:24 PM

compiling a kernel is not as easy as it seems you should see first if
there is an options, license, configurations and sorts of stuff because
you can destroy your system! £Á3

mermxx · 09-13-2004, 04:10 PM

are u trying to install a driver or a package for ur distro? If u could tell us what type of package u want to install then we could direct u a bit better :-)