[tlug] Re: tar files

  • From: Himanshu Chhetri <hch018@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:59:16 -0600

You need to first extract the files from the tar.gz file by running this command: 

tar xzvf name_of_archive.tar.gz
Replace name_of_archive.tar.gz with whatever the file name you have for your tar.gz file Now you said you were trying to install something? It will depend on what is contained inside the file you downloaded. Typically if you have source code that needs to be compiled to install something you would run the following commands: 
./configure
make
make install
If it is something else there might be a README or INSTALL file to describe the commands you need to execute to install it. 

Hope that helps.
-Himanshu

Ted Winback wrote:

how do i install a tar.gz file that is on my desktop

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