How to install a .tar.bz package in Linux.

[Tharaka]

Hi,
I'm quite new to linux. And I'm finding it difficult to install a package with "<filename>.tar.bz". I followed few threads but still I couldn't get it done properly.

I actually tried to install phpmyadmin, and downloaded the phpMyAdmin-3.3.8.1-all-languages.tar.gz.

Then used
"tar -zxvf phpMyAdmin-3.3.8.1-all-languages.tar.gz" command to unpack.

And in that solution, it said to execute a command called "./configure". But when I tried that, the terminal gave me an error saying,

"bash: ./config: No such file or directory".

I need help to figure this out.

Thank you,
Regards,
tab4trouble.

[hunter_thom]

So, after you issue the 'tar' command, there should be a new directory created in the directory you are in. So, you should issue:

# tar -zxvf phpMyAdmin-3.3.8.1-all-languages.tar.gz
# cd ./phpMyAdmin-3.3.8.1-all-languages
# ./configure
# make
# make install

First command creates a directory name phpMyAdmin-3.3.8.1-all-languages in your current directory. Use 'cd' to enter that directory, then issue the last three commands. If you get errors like the one you got while you are in that directory, issue an 'ls' to see what the directory structure looks like. For example, sometimes you will find a file called 'install.sh' or similar, or sometimes there will be another directory here called 'phpMyAdmin' or similar. In that case, you can enter that directory, and should see the correct files.

Hope that helps.

[semargl]

phpMyAdmin it's not typical program, like many other written on C and need to be compiled and installed.
It is web application written on php.
So you just have to unpack it in your web directory and configure follow by instructions (type "phpmyadmin quick install" in google).