Tarball Help!!!

[envirocbr]

I need the PROPER Procedure for Unzipping and Installing a Tarball step by step...does anyone have anything for me...please!

[rcgreen]

It depends on what's in the tarball. The common
command line extraction is done with tar -zxvh <filename>
but you should read the tar man page to be sure.
often you can do this from the GUI with the right click
context menu.

If the tarball has source code, there's usually a file
called README, and sometimes one called
INSTALL. You should read them first, but if you are
impatient, the canonical set of commands is

1. ./configure
2. make
3. make install

To properly install, the last command, make install
should be done as root.

Some tarballs are ready to run executables. The README
file will usually tell you which file is the one to run.
For example, Limewire unpacks from a tarball, and has
a file called RunLime.sh, which is a script that starts
the program.

[oz]

Here's a HowTo that might help, too:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...are-linux.html

[envirocbr]

On my RIght click there is no "UNtar" Option