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tar -jxvf filename.tar.bz2
is the command to uncompress the file
and then go into the uncompressed folder it will make, and read the
INSTALL and/or README file, and install it ..
> i tried it
> but when i type make after ./configure it says
>
> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
That generally means that a makefile wasn't created. Possible reasons maybe
1) ./configure threw up an error. check to see that first
2) maybe you have a corrupt version of the source, you may want to download the source again.
read the INSTALL file to see if anything needs to be specifically done.
regards
Srichand
PS: if that dosn't work, mail me at srichand AT linux dot net.
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