installation

[nisim7]

I am having a heck of a time installing software that is not an rpm. Kpackage is good for rpm's but when I try a .tar.gz in it is says Kproccess failure. Is there an affective way to unzip and untar these files and know where they are going (ex: I cannot intall the Corel PhotoPaint or SimCity 3000 or any other application on this months version of Maximum Linux). I am using the Linux Mandrake 7.2 version. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it.

[SlCKB0Y]

tar -zxvf ./filename.tar.gz

[ColdPack]

I usually copy the tarballs onto my hd then do what SICKBOY said above.
So,tar -zxvf ./filename.tar.gz then cd ./newdirectoryname then see if there is a special install script (I think with photopaint you can just sh ./install (but I could be wrong) and install from there.
Suddenly I am a bit light-headed... this cold weather makes me woozy. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/eek.gif
When I'm thinking more clearly I'll come back to this and see what damage I may have caused...


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Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake
when you make it again.
_- Franklin P. Jones

[This message has been edited by ColdPack (edited 15 December 2000).]

[CRT_Monkey]

$su
password: rootpassword
#tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz
#cd newfolder
#./configure
#make
#make install

you need to look in the file and see if theres a "configure" file, other wise you can just do a #make #make install

Think thats right. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

[sdunn]

I always use #gunzip filename
Is it better to use tar -zxvf?