Software installation/compilation (?) error

[God's Templar]

Hello, again everyone!

I tried to install xine on this machine (dual boot WinXP/Knoppix)
and recieved an error that said something like no such file or directory exists.

It happened when I typed the following: "tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz"

Do I need to put the xine tarball in a specific directory? Any help is much appreciated.

---Templar---

[iwanabeguru]

error message please

[God's Templar]

Sorry for the delay in response, here's the entire terminal window plus error message:

root@Templar:~# tar -xzvf tripwire-2.3.1-2.tar.gz
tar: tripwire-2.3.1-2.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
root@Templar:~#

The file is located on my desktop, so does debian look only in a default directory for the specified file? If so, is there a way to change the scanned directory?

The file is for tripwire, but I recieve the exact same error regardless of what I am installing.

[devils casper]

you have to 'cd' to Desktop first.

cd Desktop
ls  
tar -xzvf tripwire-2.3.1-2.tar.gz

Casper

[God's Templar]

Ok, it worked! Thanks! Ummm.....Now how do I install it?

[devils casper]

look for README file in extracted folder and follow instructions.







Casper

[God's Templar]

I modified the makefile as the readme instructed, but it does not say how to run the file.

[tech_man]

Type "make"?

[God's Templar]

When I type make, it just tells me:

make: Nothing to be done for `default'

Can the directory it looks to be changed? If not, what directory does it look to so I can move the makefile there.

[God's Templar]

Tinkering and swearing at my machine have answered my question, thank you all for your help! I'm certain it won't be long before I have more questions!