View Full Version : "installing" apps if booted from CD: tar.gz possib
harry66
12-16-2005, 10:50 AM
Hello,
I booted my machine with Knoppix and discovered that it should
be possible to "install" software...
Should it be possible to "install" tar.gz and/or are there special
requirements?
Any tip is appreciated very much. Thank you! Harry
maxIT
12-24-2005, 06:38 PM
Sort of 'standard' procedure is:
1. put the 'app.tar.gz' in /usr/local
2. cd to /usr/local and type 'tar xvzf app.tar.gz' to decompress the tarball
3. cd to the new directory app/ created with the above command and type
./configure
make
make install (as root).
This is sctrictly thehorical. Recently insalling firefox.tar.gz I've noticed that was sufficent 'step 2' and inside firefox/ directory there was the executable file ready to click'n_run, other times inside derctory created with 'step 2' there are README files that specifies the install process mode.
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