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installing tar.gz files
Name: joe Date: December 15, 2000 at 12:07:09 Pacific
Comment:
I have recently come across a problem installing tar.gz files. This is what I did
1)Downloaded the file I wanted 2)opened a terminal and typed in tar zxfv myfile.tar.gz 3)Everything uncompressed ok now for configuring 4)I type in ./configure and it says "No such file or directory" yet I know it IS there.
My problem is that I can never get past the uncompressing stage! I am a total linux newbie and I have been reading up on this for sometime with no luck. Do I need to be in a specific directory when I type ./configure? Am I making any sense? Their are no .RPM files for many of the files I want so that's not an option...please help me.
Name: Werner Date: December 16, 2000 at 09:23:57 Pacific
Reply:
Hi there. Are you SURE your in the directory that has the configure script? Do a ls -la in the directory you are doing the ./configure When you uncompress a tar file, you should see a new directory, for example, /usr. cd to the new directory and find the configure script. Sometimes it's in a subdirectory. Good luck.
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Response Number 2
Name: not2hostile Date: December 18, 2000 at 00:11:43 Pacific
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try "su" or login as root. before you "./configure"
hope that helps
peace
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Response Number 3
Name: Samsi Date: December 20, 2000 at 05:51:49 Pacific
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/usr isn't a good example! When you uncompress the file MYFILE.i386.tar.gz in /root then the new directory is mostly /root/MYFILE.i386 and there you will find the configure script or a setup.sh or INSTALL file or something!
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