Make an archive readable

aizkorri · 03-07-2002, 09:07 AM

Hello, I have a program that uses some archives, I would like to make it work in the linux, but I do not know how to make the executable read from /usr/lib instead of reading them from its own folder, that is the way it works now.
Thanx.
Aizkorri.

Bert · 03-07-2002, 10:12 AM

Hello Aizkorri.

Could you phrase your question a little differently? I'm having some trouble understanding what you want to do.

Do you want to look at the contents of a .tar.gz archive file?

Bert

aizkorri · 03-07-2002, 10:39 AM

Thanks in advance for trying to help,
I have done an application that spells the words of the keyboard input like the ispell -a, it uses some archives that I am suposed to copy in /usr/lib, but the executable, being in /usr/bin, does not read from /usr/lib and, thus, it does not work. I would like to know what to do to solve this problem.
Sorry, I am trying to improve my english.

Bert · 03-07-2002, 10:47 AM

You have written the application?

If you downloaded and installed it, there should be an option you use with the

% ./configure

command when you configured the application to run on your system.

Have a look at the README or INSTALL file.

Bert

aizkorri · 03-07-2002, 11:01 AM

Hi again.I have not downloaded the application, I have written it with the help of some students(it is not as good a ispell but it works somehow).

I have a binary archive and some dictionaries in other archives, and I would like to make it work in all the system, not only where the archives are, I mean, I would like it to work wherever someone writes myspell.
Sorry again for my english.