Install a tar.gz file

[AMDPwred]

The RPM files are easy to install in Red Hat. It does it all for you. How can I install a tar.gz file? Is it done through the command line?

 

[bubba]

a .tar.gz file is compressed. Type "tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz" to unpack it. Then read the "README" or "INSTALL" or whatever file this program has in its directory for instructions on how to install.

Have fun!

 

[AMDPwred]

Cool, I got it unpacked and all. I didn't know it would be so much work to install the thing though. Hehe, I guess I'll have to wait until tomo for that😉

 

[Platypus]

tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz
cd /directory of file
read the file its one of the next options
./configure
make

 

[Louie1961a]

Bubba is correct. From that point it is usually "./configure" followed by "make" and then "make install". HOWEVER, Red hat sometimes puts its files in unusual (aka non standard) locations, so you may need to tell the installer where the files are. Specifically, this will frequently apply to your kernel source files, but it applies to others as well. you can usually type "./configure --help" to get the added switches to direct the compiler to your sources. I was installing a mwave driver the other day, and I had to type "./configure --with-linuxsrcdir /usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10/"

I have had this problem with current and previous versions of red hat. It is very frustrating as sometimes I can crack the puzzle and figure it out (like on the mwave driver) but I tried like 8 million times to install the alsa sound drivers on red hat, and couldn't ever get it to work. One of my major peeves with red hat.

Good luck