How To Install .tar.gz?

[joelandsonja]

I realize this topic has been on the forum MANY times, but I have yet to find a solution to my problems.

Here's the problem, I am trying to install the latest version of K9copy, but the only available version is in the .tar.gz file package.

I placed the folder on my desktop and extracted the files.

Now I have the .tar.gz file and the extracted files on the desktop.

I need to install the files, but I don't know which command to use or what to do to get any commands to work.

(Keep in mind that the extracted folder is named 'k9copy-2.3.4-Source.tar.gz')

./configure
make
sudo make install

This seems to be the most common answer to install the files, but it NEVER works, nor do I understand where the package files come into play when I type this command into the terminal.

I am a newbie folks, so please don't assume that I know what you are talking about if you say "Just input this command and it should install".

I would really appreciate it if someone please give me step by step instructions on how to install this file ...

Thanks for the help!

[elija]

There is usually a README text file that will have specific instructions.

./configure
make
sudo make install

is how you usually install from source.

Another way of installing from a tar.gz is to extract the files to a directory and run the software from there.

[joelandsonja]

I read the readme file in the folder, but I didn't find it very helpful since it describes how to install the program in 'Linux-speak' which I don't understand. I recently moved from Windows, and have no idea what that kind of lingo means ...

I just need step by step instructions on how to install this program as easy as possible.

Any suggestions?

[elija]

K9Copy should be in your package manager. This is the best way to install software if it is available in there.

[oz]

We have the following HowTo that gives more of a step-by-step approach to installing software from source, but you still will need to follow any readme files for any specific steps that might be required:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...tml#post344054

If you should need some quick lessons on working with the command line, I've always found linuxcommand.org to be a very good source.

[oz]

K9Copy should be in your package manager. This is the best way to install software if it is available in there.

He's looking for version 2.3.4 and I don't think it's made it into the repos yet, but otherwise, the default package tool is a far better plan for installing this package.

[reed9]

I agree you should probably stick to what's in the official repo. That said, I can point in the right direction, I think.

For many KDE apps, you need to use cmake to compile.

Looking at the Arch Linux PKGBUILD for k9copy, build requirements are cmake and automoc. Both are in the Ubuntu repositories.

sudo apt-get install cmake automoc

The build would then go something like

cmake
make
make install

According to the k9copy project page, runtime requirements are as follows. You'll need these installed first as well.

* DVDAuthor
* libdvdread
* growisofs
* mencoder
* mplayer
* libhal
* libdbus
* libdbus-qt

And lastly, there is a PPA (personal package archive) for Ubuntu with the latest release available. You can add that to your sources list and upgrade/install 2.3.4
https://launchpad.net/~philip5/+archive/extra