Summary: You're not really "installing" the codecs, just extracting them. Use "tar xjf essential-20050412.tar.bz2". The x tells tar to extract, j indicates tha...
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: I apologize if I didn't make this clearer. I installed the default cygwin setup, which I'm pretty sure that it didn't install the rest of the stuff su...
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: 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: 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: 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: Just to add to what Lawrence said: Once you have un-tarred the file (as above), there should be a README file or and INSTALL file that you can read 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: 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: ah, I found the easiest way after searching around more before I saw your replies. Thanks though. tar -X tar.exclude -cvjpf backup.tar.bz2 /* With th...
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: what kind of a package have you downloaded? If its an RPM file, do a: rpm -uvh iptables-1.2.7a(or whatever).rpm If its a tar.gz file, do: rpm -e --nod...
