Summary: i have downloaded tar.gz of xine-lib, i also have unzipped and made installation of that file systematically but i couldn't run that program nor i saw...
Summary: 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 ...
Summary: You say "the Linux equivalent". Sorry, there's more than one. Unfortunately, I don't know which one or anymore about this file/version. All I can s...
Summary: I tried to install a .tar.gz file. When I do tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz it works fine. But once I CD to the directory and type make and try that it giv...
Summary: A tar.gz filed is actually a tarred file which is gzipped... Let me explain... What tar does is that it creates one file out of many files/folders. IT...
Summary: I just came from crappy micro$oft and went to linux and thought it would be nice to download and install some games. The file was in a tar.gz file. Th...
Summary: Hi, there. I need to post up a problem here about the tar.gz. file type i faced.I having problem installing these kind of file after i extracted it us...
Summary: in the terminal, or text prompt for the newbie go to the directory that it is in, most likely you downloaded it to your home folder, if not then you h...
Summary: Hi, I am also having problem installing a .tar.gz file. I successfully gunzip it. But on issuing tar -xvh, my machine freezes. I tried untar -xvh, th...
Summary: I've downloaded the newest version of Mozilla Firefox for Linux. I have successfully extracted the contents of the tar.gz file to a directory on my co...
Summary: ok. I know i asked this question before, but i didnt really get a full answer. I know you have to use the console to uncompress tar.gz files, when i d...
Summary: Is it an RPM file? (eg bitchx.src.rpm) If so: # rpm --rebuild bitchx.src.rpm This will compile an RPM for you to install and dump it somewhere under /...
Summary: a tar.gz is a zipped archive you must use the terminal to open them you use this to open them and then open the readme for the rest of the instruction...
Summary: hi When i try to download files through Netscape (tar.gz files) and try to open them, i keep getting errors. I am told most errors occur because mos...
Summary: ok well let see here...i am trying to access my windows directeries and cant through redhat v9...i could do it before in mandrake bu not redhat...i di...
Summary: hello everyone i am having some trouble installing with a tar.gz. i uncompressed the tar.gz and did a ./configure inside the file. now what? how ...
Summary: Hello there. I am quasi new to Linux. Iv'e used it in the past, and am begining to use it again after a long relapse into windows. Anyways, I am try...
Summary: No, it's not normal for it to take 2 to 3 minutes to boot. My guess is that you're loading things such as sendmail and these daemons are finally timin...
Summary: I need help in trying to figure out what tar.gz programs have been installed on my pc. I think I may have 2 versions of the same software and I am hav...
Summary: I am New to Linux and I am trying to install a program called LightZone, which is a tar.gz file. I opened a terminal and typed the command tar -zxvf/L...
Summary: I'm the biggest newbie you've ever seen and i'm trying to learn how to install whatever.tar.gz files. I have not the slightest clue on them so i thou...
Summary: There's usually a README and/or INSTALL file in all .tar.gz files. To extract the file, in the directory where the file is type: tar -xvzf filename.t...
Summary: Hi Folks, I'm trying to install media codecs to /usr/local/lib/codecs. The codecs are in a tar.bz2 package (essential-20050412.tar.bz2). I've tr...
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