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Hello,
Could u please tell me how to install a .tar file in command mode?
I am trying but unable to do....
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- 06-11-2009 #1Just Joined!
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How to install .tar file?
Hello,
Could u please tell me how to install a .tar file in command mode?
I am trying but unable to do.
- 06-11-2009 #2forum.guy
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Check this HowTo for installing .tar files and others:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...are-linux.htmloz
- 06-19-2009 #3Linux User
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it its a simple file ending with a .tar extention the you can use this command
cmd: tar -cvf newfilename sourcefile
This will untar the source fiel as newfilename now you can cd into the newfilename( which is a directory )Only if I could understand the man pages
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- 06-19-2009 #4Linux Engineer
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Check the link ozar has provided, "Compiling and Installing software from source" section. If you still got questions or problem, post back
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