[SATLUG] Re: lessons on tar.gz files

[Paul S. Bains]

The tar.gz file is an archive and can contain source code or a binary.
As for installing the previous poster is correct - you don't install a
tar.gz, you unpack it and deal with the contents, be they source code or
a binary of some sort. 

If you are talking about .tgz files, those can be installed because
those are installation packages for Slackware. Wasn't sure what you
meant, so I posted both examples.

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:03:05 -0500
"H. Streit" <hstreit at swri.edu> wrote:

> I would also like to raise the question as to the contents of the 
> ?.tar.gz  in question.  Have you downloaded a source tarball or a
> binary tarball?  There's quite a bit of difference between installing
> the two...
> 
> indigotwilight at softhome.net wrote:
> >> Ok I have tried and tried, and I cannot get a tar.gz file to
> >install > for me, anyone up for a lesson on how to do this,, or maybe
> >we could > talk Chuck into doing Linux lessons on VHS or DVD??? I
> >just dont seem > to be getting something right to get the install to
> >work.. any ideas > folks???
> >> Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > Tarring and gzipping a group of files doesn't have anything to do
> > with installing.  Tar is used to group a bunch of files together
> > into a single file and the gzip is done to compress the tar file. 
> > Long story short, in order to install something from a tar.gz file,
> > you must first extract the original files and then follow the
> > specific installation instructions for the product.
> > 
> > First, extract the files in the archive with
> > tar xzf thefiles.tar.gz
> > 
> > Once you've done this, see if you can find any README or INSTALL or
> > any other text file that looks like it may explain what to do.  If
> > you downloaded the file from the internet, maybe there's
> > installation documents at the same site where you downloaded it.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > -Mike
> > 
> > 
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