[ssug-malappuram] Re: [MES-FSUG] On Tar.gz
- From: ck raju <ck.thrissur@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mes-fsug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 17:46:40 +0530
Additionally most .tar.gz files will have an official README that
contains details of installation too. [Since most gurus in our list
are with debian, we can think of changing the flavour - for the last
time. Not all distributions place an objective of
ease-of-becoming-developer in their mission statements - Debian is
favourite that way.]
On 8 September 2011 15:53, Sajith N <sajith.nallithodi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Ershad K
>> http://ershadk.wordpress.com
>>
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