I'm currently using Mandrake 10.1 community. I tried to download a program. Then "ark" opens & it looks like its downloading. When it's finished it shows me a bunch of files. I thought that pre-compiled binaries went into /usr/bin by default, but when i search for the file, after its finished downloading, i can't find it. I'm tryin' to download an irc called xchat. 1) How do i find out where the file went to? 2) How can i save it to a specific folder? 3) How do i untar the file, once i find it? I followed the following directions from xchat:
Compiling and Installing
Unpack the archive:
tar -xzvf xchat-x.x.x.tar.gz
or
tar -xjvf xchat-x.x.x.tar.bz2
Run the configure script:
cd xchat-x.x.x
./configure
Compile the program:
make
Become root and install the program:
su
(enter password)
make install
However, when i do the 1st command:
tar -xzvf xchat-2.4.1.tar.gz it gives me this:
xchat-2.4.1.tar.gz cannot open: No such file or directory
error is not recoverable, exiting now
child returned status 2
Do i need to use mkdir to make the directory, or do i need to do something else?
Thanks for your time