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50018	2002-05-21 20:06:00	Is there a linux utility available to install tar.gz packages.I have the package in my /home directory	Guest (0)
50019	2002-05-21 21:52:00	The .gz means the file is gzipped. The .tar means it is a (tape) archive file. You need to unzip and untar it. I normally copy such files to /tmp and unpack them there. tar xzvf nnnnn.tar.gz should do the trick. From there, you will need to cd to whatever directory it created & check out the INSTALL docs. Generally speaking, you will want it ./configure, make, make install ... but READ the docs first.	Guest (0)
50020	2002-05-22 04:48:00	You can quite safely expand in your home directory (usually): most tarballs will create a directory with its own name and do the expanding in that new directory. Check first: 'tar tvzf name.tar.gz' will give you a directory of the files in the archive. After you have expanded it (and read the document files) you might have to 'su' to be able to install it if it's a 'general access' utility and will be installed anywhere other than in your user space.	Guest (0)
50021	2002-05-22 04:50:00	You can quite safely expand in your home directory (usually): most tarballs will create a directory with its own name and do the expanding in that new directory. Check first: 'tar tvzf name.tar.gz' will give you a directory of the files in the archive. After you have expanded it (and read the document files) you might have to 'su' to be able to install it if it's a 'general access' utility and will be installed anywhere other than in your user space.	Guest (0)
50022	2002-05-22 04:50:00	You can quite safely expand in your home directory (usually): most tarballs will create a directory with its own name and do the expanding in that new directory. Check first: 'tar tvzf name.tar.gz' will give you a directory of the files in the archive. After you have expanded it (and read the document files) you might have to 'su' to be able to install it if it's a 'general access' utility and will be installed anywhere other than in your user space.	Guest (0)
50023	2002-05-22 04:52:00	You can quite safely expand in your home directory (usually): most tarballs will create a directory with its own name and do the expanding in that new directory. Check first: 'tar tvzf name.tar.gz' will give you a directory of the files in the archive. After you have expanded it (and read the document files) you might have to 'su' to be able to install it if it's a 'general access' utility and will be installed anywhere other than in your user space.	Guest (0)
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