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installing stuff on a linux machine(how?

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i donwloaded a little program for linux with the extention .tar.gz i can open it and then i c a sub.dir. with some strange[for me, cuz i'm new with this stuff]some like install[looks like an installation file but when i'm trying to open it it says:no task to do. what must i do to install a file .tar.gz???? pls help me, i need linux cuz windows suxxx!!!!! greetz, Robert

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Open a console, cd to the directory where the file is. do a "tar xvzf ./filename.tar.gz" then "cd ./filename" then "./configure" then "make" then "make install" of course without the comment thingy's and replace 'filename' with the name of the file / directory. Hope I was of some help.

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Remember to always read the readme file and install file if they are incluses they might give you extra options you have to do

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thnx! :-)

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