Downloaded nolapro.tgz; having trouble opening program; can't find thread/FAQ for it
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Downloaded nolapro.tgz; having trouble opening program; can't find thread/FAQ for it
I have downloaded nolapro.tgz (the basic downloadable version, not the web based version). I have been reading all day for most direct way to begin using the program.
I read your directions and have looked for and searched forums/FAQs to no avail. Am I simply approaching this the wrong way (i.e. wrong search words/phrases) or did I miss something?
I am a newbie (1st post) so please be kind and use layman's English.
Thanks,
Scoutmaster
Last edited by Scoutmaster; 11-17-2009 at 01:46 PM.
The .tgz on the end would typically indicate it is a gzip'ped tar file.
You should be able to see a list of files in the bundle by typing:
tar tvzf nolapro.tgz
You should be able to extract the files by typing:
tar xvzf nolapro.tgz
I'm not familiar with nolapro but typically this kind of bundle will contain a README file. You can read that to get further directions on what to do. Often such bundles are "source" bundles and you're expected to do steps like:
configure
make
make install
But it really depends on what the README says.
I have downloaded nolapro.tgz (the basic downloadable version, not the web based version). I have been reading all day for most direct way to begin using the program.
I read your directions and have looked for and searched forums/FAQs to no avail. Am I simply approaching this the wrong way (i.e. wrong search words/phrases) or did I miss something?
I am a newbie (1st post) so please be kind and use layman's English.
Thanks,
Scoutmaster
Well typically a tgz is a compressed tarball. To extract it you would use the commands:
Code:
gzip -d nolapro.tgz
tar xf nolapro.tar
or
Code:
tar xfz nolapro.tgz
It's possible you don't have tar or gunzip on your system and that would prevent you from extracting it however, baring that it should work fine.
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Rep:
The ' tar ' flags changed five years ago ...
From /usr/doc/tar-1.15.1/NEWS , slack 10.2
Quote:
version 1.15 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2004-12-20
* Compressed archives are recognised automatically, it is no longer
necessary to specify -Z, -z, or -j options to read them. Thus, you can
now run `tar tf archive.tar.gz'.
So now you can just do :
'tar xvf <archive>' with tar.gz, tgz and tar.bz2 packages.
No more jxvf or zxvf is required . !
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The GUI applications for compressed files can be :
' ark ' ( kde 3 ), ' file-roller ' ( gnome ).
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