what am I doing wrong in the bash shell?
aes@linux:~> tar xvzf convertall-0.3.0.tar.gz
tar: convertall-0.3.0.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors aes@linux:~> I'm really lost as to what to do. I can install RPM's no problem. I just dont understand installing from source. I need a step by step to go through . I have tried some step by step lessons but I always get "no such file or directory" or "command not found" I'm really frustrated! I've put my downloaded files in /home/aes/downloads if that helps. i'll bet it's something simple. thanks, alex |
cd to that directory and untar there. The way you describe it, I assume you're issuing the filename, but are not in the directory where the file is located.
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Re: what am I doing wrong in the bash shell?
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You are in directory ~ which is probably the same as /home/aes Obviously the file convertall-0.3.0.tar.gz is missing in /home/aes Try this: tar xvzf downloads/convertall-0.3.0.tar.gz or cd downloads tar xvzf convertall-0.3.0.tar.gz Good luck |
well,thank you.
at last something is starting to gel a little bit. however,I'm stuck again.and pouring over the books. aes@linux:~/downloads> tar xvzf convertall-0.3.0.tar.gz ConvertAll/ ConvertAll/doc/ ConvertAll/doc/LICENSE ConvertAll/doc/README.html ConvertAll/doc/INSTALL ConvertAll/data/ ConvertAll/data/units.dat ConvertAll/uninstall.py ConvertAll/icons/ ConvertAll/icons/convertall_lg.png ConvertAll/icons/convertall_sm.png ConvertAll/install.py ConvertAll/source/ ConvertAll/source/unitgroup.py ConvertAll/source/unitlistview.py ConvertAll/source/unitdata.py ConvertAll/source/tmpcontrol.py ConvertAll/source/finddlg.py ConvertAll/source/unitedit.py ConvertAll/source/convertall.py ConvertAll/source/convertdlg.py ConvertAll/source/unit.py ConvertAll/source/option.py ConvertAll/source/helpview.py ConvertAll/source/numedit.py ConvertAll/source/optiondlg.py ConvertAll/source/numeval1.py ConvertAll/source/numeval2.py aes@linux:~/downloads> cd ConvertAll aes@linux:~/downloads/ConvertAll> ./configure bash: ./configure: No such file or directory aes@linux:~/downloads/ConvertAll> -alex |
There is no configure listed in this package. Read the
INSTALL and README.html files They will probably tell you to run the install.py script as ./install.py |
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