I can't seem to figure out how to install the plugin plugger. I want to view TIFF files on the internet and cant not I was told to get the plugger5.1.3 to view them the website is http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger.html . I don't know what to write in the terminal to be able to install this the website say's to 1. Download and untar the archive. 2. Change directory into the Plugger directory. 3. Run ./configure 4. Run make 5. If you have root access, do 'make install' as root. Otherwise, do 'make localinstall'. I have step one done, have know clue how to do the second step so i skipped it.this is what I have hopefully someone can help.

pod@pod:~$ cd Desktop
pod@pod:~/Desktop$ cd plugin
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ ls
plugger-5.1.3 plugger-5.1.3.tar.gz
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ ./config plugger-5.1.3
bash: ./config: No such file or directory
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ plugger-5.1.3 ./config
bash: plugger-5.1.3: command not found
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ make plugger-5.1.3
make: Nothing to be done for `plugger-5.1.3'.
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$

please let me know where im going wrong thankyou!

cd plugger-5.1.3
and then try ./configure or make.

still did not work this is what i got

pod@pod:~$ cd Desktop
pod@pod:~/Desktop$ cd plugin
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ ls
plugger-5.1.3 plugger-5.1.3.tar.gz
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ cd plugger-5.1.3
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin/plugger-5.1.3$ ./config
bash: ./config: No such file or directory
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin/plugger-5.1.3$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin/plugger-5.1.3$ make plugger-5.1.3
make: *** No rule to make target `plugger-5.1.3'. Stop.
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin/plugger-5.1.3$

are you trying to run
./config ( WRONG COMMAND )

look for a file called " configure "
use cd to get to that folder then read the two files called README and INSTALL

run

I feel like im really close this is what i got thankyou for your help

pod@pod:~$ cd Desktop/plugin
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ ls
plugger-5.1.3 plugger-5.1.3.tar.gz
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ cd plugger-5.1.3
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin/plugger-5.1.3$ ./configure /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: WARNING: invalid host type: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
checking for /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins-gcc... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin/plugger-5.1.3$ ./configure --build /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin/plugger-5.1.3$

this is not the command I posted
use THIS copy and past it
you did not use the --prefix tag

--------
the order is
--
./configure ( options)
make
su -
( root password)
make install
--
su - is not needed in your case seeing as you are a limited user

I feel like an idiot but thankyou for sticking with me and helping i still get an error

pod@pod:~$ cd Desktop/plugin
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ ls
plugger-5.1.3 plugger-5.1.3.tar.gz
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin$ cd plugger-5.1.3
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin/plugger-5.1.3$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
pod@pod:~/Desktop/plugin/plugger-5.1.3$

I think it might because im running ubuntu

well if you have all of the dev tools gcc.automake.pkgconf ,... installed
then it may be a problem compiling that old code( last worked on and updated in 2006) with gcc 4.1 .You may need to use gcc3.4 ( on fedora it is called "gcc-compact") what ubuntu calls it ?? i don't know .

you might want to ask on the ubuntu part of the forum
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/
How do i "I want to view TIFF files on the internet"