[lug] Re: newbie

Usually, you just untar it like, 'tar -xvzf filename.tgz', and then if
it's source code, go in the folder it created and run './configure &&
make && make install' and there ya go.

On 12/17/05, lordSauron <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/17/05, 96camaroz28@gmail.com <96camaroz28@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi i'm new to unix i know windows like the back of my hand, i was just
> > wondering how exactly to install .tar aplications, thanks
>
> No one knows windows *that* well - not even those who make it (which
> is most likely why it doesn't work).
>
> .tar is a compression, like .zip. The app will most likely be in the
> .tar, and what you need to do is unpack it to a folder and read the
> readme file. It should tell you how to install. However, you really
> should apt-get into things, since apt-get (or one of it's GUIs, like
> Synaptic, Aptitude, Adept, Kpackage) prevents you from breaking your
> system by checking dependencies.
>
> BTW: I think you mean "Linux," as it "Linus' Minix." Should you be
> making a more general statement, *nix is the notation accepted by most
> I know of.
>