Installation of runtime variables and zip file

onats · 06-12-2015, 03:25 PM

How can I install the qt3 runtime environment(my modem requires it for installation) and how can i install .tar.bz2 files on linux mint?

Keith Hedger · 06-12-2015, 05:48 PM

qt3 is ancient you will probably have to install from source if you acnt find an old binary install, you may also have problems with linking to librarys as the ones on a modern system will probably be too new for a bianry install.
you do not 'install' .tar.bz2 files they are archives that may contain installable data or just about anything else,pictures music, books etc etc, you can extract them from the command lien or from a graphical archive manager.

John VV · 06-13-2015, 05:32 PM

your modem requires the 14 year old qt3 ( October 2001 )

buy a new modem

sgosnell · 06-14-2015, 10:33 AM

Assuming the .tar.bz2 files contain source code for a program, you need to see the developer's instructions for how to install them. You may need to make and compile the code, or it could have binary files ready to go. These type files are equivalent to .zip files in Windows, and can contain anything. You have to know what is in the archives, and the only way to know that is to read the developer's notes.

veerain · 06-14-2015, 11:37 AM

There may be cli interface to modem. Or may be you can hack it.

John VV · 06-14-2015, 01:22 PM

until the OP posts back this is a

one line only
one post only

that is missing a LOT of needed information

Unknown version of mint
Unknown Modem
Unknown "software" in a unknown tar ball
( that needs 10 to 14 year old qt3 )