Help a Linux Newbie - Installing software

[Murpheeee]

Okay, this one is easy.....but I am a Linux newbie

I have downloaded Star Office to install....but can't figure out how to install it. I have a 90MB file called *.bin

So how do I extract it/install it?

 

[HeSaidWhat]

A .bin file is usually a CD image ready to burn. You need to give a little more information as to the distro you are using.

 

[Murpheeee]

using Caldera OpenLinux 3.1

 

[Murpheeee]

also.....what about a *.tar.gz file?

 

[Derango]

*bbbzzzztt* wrong! 🙂

At least in this case

To install staroffice, you perform the following steps:

go to the directory where the file is downloaded (this is in a command prompt window inside of the GUI)

"chmod 777 <filename>" where filename is what the .bin file is called
"./filename"

This tells the OS that the file is an executable, and the second command tells the OS to run the file. Then you'll see the staroffice installer program...and all will be fine.

A tar.gz file is generaly a source code distribution of the file. To extract those, you go the directory where it is located in a command prompt and type "tar xvfz <filename>" where filename is the tar.gz file.

EDIT: Whoops! In my haste to type the message, I added a j to my tar command when there should have been a z. My mistake, its fixed now.

 

[TonyRic]

run

sh filename.bin

replace filename.bin with the actual filename and you will be all set.

for a tar.gz file, run

tar zxvf filename.tar.gz

this will ungzip the file and extract the tar file.