Tarball installation, how?

After having installed Linux Suse a week ago, I still feel like a rookie. :? I was trying to install the following software program,
thunderbird-1.0.2.tar.gz (A dreaded tarball).

Can anyone give me a detailed explanation on the exact procedure used to decompress and properly install a tarball file program? I'm not exactly that good at using Linux code, so please explain clearly.

I did luck out and managed to get an RPM file program to install, but I should still know how to do the tarball method. Thanks.

To unpack a tarball, type this in a terminal/command line:

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tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz

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Usually you'll need to compile after you unpack, but I believe Thunderbird does not need to be compiled (correct me if I'm wrong). You should just be able to run it after you unpack it.

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Originally Posted by soulbrothax831

Usually you'll need to compile after you unpack, but I believe Thunderbird does not need to be compiled (correct me if I'm wrong). You should just be able to run it after you unpack it.

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Higly depends, thunderbird release both binary and sourcecode...

I typed what you said in the terminal command line and it didn't do anything. I downloaded the file and it's located in the /tmp file. I wouldn't know about compiling as I not even that far yet. :-)

Download it to your user's home direcotry, usually /home/<username>

Ok, I finally got it figured out. It took a little time, but I at least understand now. Thanks for the help. :)

could you post what you did?

Greatis, what you need to do is download the thunderbird tarball to /home/username and then untar it with

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tar xzvf thurderbird-filename.tar.gz

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once you have done this go into the new directory that han been created and click on the install-thunderbird file and the install should start.

dylunio

There is no install-thunderbird file.. so what file to should i use to install

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Originally Posted by krellmk

There is no install-thunderbird file.. so what file to should i use to install

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Is there a thunderbird file that you can click?