Installing a tar file

[wolfrider]

I am new to linux, and I have looked around for an answer to this question but I am still confused.
I have poweriso that is an tar.gz and I want to install it, problem is when I follow the answers that are out there I end up with an error.

The file name is poweriso-1.3.tar.gz and it's in my download folder. I am assuming that I would enter the coding in the terminal? But I'm not getting anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Manko10]

Fedora's package manager uses RPM files.
In contrast, tar.gz files are just gzipped tar archives, normally with the source code inside. You can also install these, but you won't have control over them with your package manager. So I recommend to first check if the package also exists in Fedora's repositories.
If not, unpack the archive:

tar xzvf poweriso-*.tar.gz

switch into the directory and follow the build and install instructions (often written to a README or INSTALL file). Mostly you have to follow these steps:

./configure
make && make install

[wolfrider]

This is the error I get when i try that method......
[Beast@beast ~]$ tar xzvf poweriso-*.tar.gz
tar (child): poweriso-*.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
[Beast@beast ~]$

Am I missing something?

[Manko10]

You have to be in the right directory. poweriso-*.tar.gz is the name of your tar.gz file.
You should definitely read a few basics about tar archives. For instance this: Linux Blog tar — how to create and extract tar.gz and tar.bz2 archives

[indiver]

try to untar it by using following command

tar -xvf poweriso-1.3.tar.gz

[GreenSkyChris]

You have to be in the right directory. poweriso-*.tar.gz is the name of your tar.gz file.
You should definitely read a few basics about tar archives. For instance this: Linux Blog tar — how to create and extract tar.gz and tar.bz2 archives

Yes you need to be in the same directory before running the extract command.

For example, you saif the poweriso file was in your downloads which i am guessing is /home/youusername/Downloads so change to that directory first by typing "cd /home/youusername/Downloads"

then run the extract command "tar -xvf filename.tar.gz"

then configure the install "./configure"

then make "make"

then make install "make install".

ta da.

[ved]

I am new to linux, and I have looked around for an answer to this question but I am still confused.
I have poweriso that is an tar.gz and I want to install it, problem is when I follow the answers that are out there I end up with an error.

The file name is poweriso-1.3.tar.gz and it's in my download folder. I am assuming that I would enter the coding in the terminal? But I'm not getting anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Read this link it help you
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...are-linux.html