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**mad_red_hatter** · 10-01-2003

hiya
i have been really annoyed when downloading some downloads cause they are in gz or gunzip and tar format (y'know with the text files) and i found it hard to install things (i'm quite a noob so.. i love the rpms)
but i was just just wondering if there is a tutorial on how to install stukff like that or is it individual to each download.

thanks v much

**jasonlambert** · 10-01-2003

generally it is different for each download, but generally it goes something like:

Code:

user@localhost#   tar zxf file.tar.gz				#unzip the file
user@localhost#   cd filedir							#go into the new directory created
user@localhost#   more INSTALL					   #read install instructions &#40;if there is any&#41;
user@localhost#   ./configure 						#configure &#40;check installfile, need extra options?&#41;
user@localhost#   make									#compile the app
user@localhost#   su									#go to root
Password&#58; 	
root@localhost#   make install							#install application

Jason

**sarumont** · 10-02-2003

If the tarball is compressed with gzip (tar.gz) or bzip (tar.bz or tar.bz2) you will need to add either the z or j switch to the tar statement.

Code:

tar xvfz &#91;b&#93;tarball&#91;/b&#93;.tar.gz
tar jxfv &#91;b&#93;tarball&#91;/b&#93;.tar.bz2

**mad_red_hatter** · 10-02-2003

thankx v much
this will hopefully work out
thanks

**imported_Ghost** · 10-08-2003

OK I'm having difficulties installing wine from source code. I followed the instructions on unzipping that Jaguar posted above. I got to the "make" part and thats when troubles began. Since I can't explain what went wrong I'll post my termial.

[chris@linden-44 chris]$ tar zxf Wine-20030911.tar.gz
[chris@linden-44 chris]$ cd wine-20030911
[chris@linden-44 wine-20030911]$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
[chris@linden-44 wine-20030911]$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
[chris@linden-44 wine-20030911]$

I read the README file which was included and it told me to use the Wine installer. These are the results.

[chris@linden-44 wine-20030911]$ ./tools/wineinstall
WINE Installer v0.74

Running configure...

configure: creating cache config.cache
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

Configure failed, aborting install.
[chris@linden-44 wine-20030911]$

Seems like I need a C compiler.

**jasonlambert** · 10-08-2003

yes, you need a C compiler. I cant beleive that distro's let you proceed with an install without a C compiler, it is the one thing every linux box needs (more than a GUI!!).

You could try to find an RPM of GCC and BinUtils, and install them, IIRC people have tried this in the past and came up with difficulties.

2 places to look for these RPM's:
1) On your CD
2) rpmfind.net

(you need to pre-compiled binaries, not source rpm's

)

Jason

**imported_Ghost** · 10-08-2003

Originally Posted by Jaguar

I cant beleive that distro's let you proceed with an install without a C compiler, it is the one thing every linux box needs (more than a GUI!!).

I think this is because I set this install up to be a desktop computer and not for a programmer.......currently looking for C compiler...

**imported_Ghost** · 10-09-2003

I found the C compiler on my CD. Then it wanted the 'bison' package. I installed that then it wanted the 'flex' package. It's now doing all sorts of crazy crap

. Seems like its installing without trouble.

**imported_Ghost** · 10-09-2003

Update: It finished and said Wine build complete. But when I type wine <windows file> it says unknown command?

**jasonlambert** · 10-09-2003

did you "make install" as well?

if so:
updatedb
locate wine | more
or
locate wine | grep bin | more

to find the location. The second locate command will give less output, but may not show you where the exe is.

Didnt it say in the documentation?

Jason

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