Package installation issue

Slack1_more · 09-27-2004, 12:25 PM

Hi guys, it's me again...
I just downloaded some packages from the Net and tried to use the KDE Package utility to uninstal/install, but when I try to look at the new packages the installer complains because the package is not in tgz format...?

Has anyone else come across this?

Regards

XavierP · 09-27-2004, 12:28 PM

What is the format of these packages? If it's .tar.gz, you first need to uncompress them, then (in a console) type in ./configure then make then use su to become root and then type in make install.

mikz · 09-27-2004, 02:35 PM

Try installing from the command line with installpkg or via the excellent swaret.

Slack1_more · 10-04-2004, 04:48 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, sorry about the long delay in responding, but I was away.

I'll report on the results.

Regards.

xushi · 10-04-2004, 04:51 PM

sometimes when you download .tgz packages from an internet browser, it renames it to .tgz.tar for some reason... If you're sure its a .tgz package, then just

rename it from .tgz.tar to .tgz
mv package.tgz.tar package.tgz
and install
installpkg package.tgz