Sunday, November 29, 2009

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] tar.gz,bz etc

 

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 05:26:35AM -0000, kcdomapps wrote:
> Hi,can someone please compile an absolute idiots guide to installing programs that are downloaded as tar files etc.I have read on line that you have to create a folder etc but even that wasn't that clear!
> Thanks
> Kelvin

Try my guide, which was aimed to be friendly to newcomers.
http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/tarball.html

If anything isn't clear on it, ask, since, as I said, it's supposed to
be newcomer friendly.

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