[ssug-malappuram] Re: [MES-FSUG] On Tar.gz
- From: Sajith N <sajith.nallithodi@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mes-fsug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 15:53:35 +0530
Thanks Ershad for the detailed explanation!
Now some binaries can also get shipped as tar.gz images (e.g. JRE/ JDK) . In
that case, extract the contents as superuser (root) to a directory that can
be accessed by every user, (e.g. /usr/local or /opt) following the steps
given below and perhaps add the path to the bin directory (usually where
executables of that software can be found) to the environment variable PATH.
If you're using the bash shell Ubuntu/ Debian/ Mint, edit /etc/bash.bashrc
(on Fedora/ RHEL/ Mandriva it's /etc/bashrc) and the following lines
PATH=<PATH TO YOUR BIN>:$PATH
export PATH
where <PATH TO YOUR BIN> is the path to the bin of the respective software.
Now the application can be run from the shell or from the ALT+F2 gnome
application launcher.
-Sajith
On 8 September 2011 13:02, Ershad K <ershad92@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 12:23:01PM +0530, Musfir Mohammed wrote:
> > Its not available..Its a third party software!!
>
> What's inside tar.gz file? Sometimes the packages come with a
> installation script, search for such a one inside the archive. If it's
> a source tar ball, do this:
>
> 1. Extract:
> $tar -xvf <tar package>
>
> 2. Configure (if the source is based on gnu autotools):
> 'cd' to extracted folder and do a
> $./configure
>
> 3. Install missing dependencies using package manager
>
> 4. To build,
> $make
>
> 5. To install :
> $sudo make install
>
> (you can install to a specific folder without sudo power if you
> want, we will have to configure that while running ./configure)
>
> Hope that helps you, Good luck.
>
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> Sincerely,
> Ershad K
> http://ershadk.wordpress.com
>
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