Installing software in Linux
hello,
I am a newbie and I have just moved to Linux. I would like to know (in steps) about installing a software that I have downloded from the internet. For example, I downloaded Firefox in Suse and it comes with a ".tar" or ".gz" extension. I double click on it and it opens a folder. Now, I do not know which file to "double-click". There are no files with ".exe" extensions so I am kind of stuck! Please let me know in steps so I can follow and use them for any other installations Thanks a lot Aki |
HOWTO - Install Software [README]
http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-19957.html |
Hi!
Installing software in Linux is not so straightforward as in Windows. If you are using KDE, right click the tar.gz or tar.bz2 file and choose extract -> extract here. When the archive is unpacked you will see a new folder with the name of the software you're installing. Go into that directory by double clicking and press F4 on your keyboard. A console will pop up. In the console write: Code:
./configure Code:
make Code:
su Code:
make install |
Hello dinolinux
Thanks for your feedback. I was always been intrigued by "./" notation. I have seen this on many websites and I could never figure that out. When I open a console I see aki@linux:~> so given your commands should I type: aki@linux:~>./configure Please let me know. Aki |
Hi!
First of all before doing ./configure make sure your're in the unpacked directory. For example you're building a program named helloworld-0.2.1 then type: Code:
aki@linux:~>cd helloworld-0.2.1 On UNIX systems all executables reside in bin directories like /bin /usr/bin and so on. When you're installing software you need to run a script from the directory the software is in. You can't move the script to a bin directory. So when using the ./ you're telling the system that the script is in the current directory, not in some bin directory. You can try to run configure without the ./ and see what happens. |
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