Linux-Noob Forums - Compressed Files

Up-Date to Firefox 2

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:21:40 +0100

I downloaded Firefox2 and found it to be in a Tar.gz file, Now reading the forums and following the instructions

I find it end up in a mess. There has to be a better way.

Please does anybody know how to install Firefox2 using a Tar.gz file. once I've learned it I never forget it.

Cheers

Mr Nobby

How to Install a Bin file

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:13:33 +0100

Guday,

Using rar to make several pieces

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:51:58 +0200

I have a directory that is 1.2 gigs. What I would like to do is use rar to create a bunch of smaller files instead of 1 giant file... I tried playing with it to no availe... any help would be great thanks...

Thunderbird Installtion

Sun, 07 May 2006 14:39:51 +0200

I have done a search, but I can't find what I want. I want to install thunderbird on FC4 and I have downloaded the linux version from:

[/url][url=http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.h...ux%E2%8C%A9=en-US]http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.h...ux〈=en-US

I can't find a rpm for this and have to install the .tar.gz version.

The normal way that I go about to install a program is:

* cd /home/mizzy

* tar -xvzf thunderbird-1.5.0.2.tar.gz

* cd thunderbird

* ./configure && make && checkinstall

But the ./configure step doesn't work because I don't think that there is a configure file in there o_O

Code:
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

I have gone to the read me file, but it directs me to their webpage which I can't find help for linux installtions [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_dry.png[/img]

All I can seem to do, is extract it, but not install it. Any idea's guys?

Slight problem with installing GNOME Commander

Fri, 05 May 2006 18:35:31 +0200

I've downloaded gnome-commander-1.1.7.tar.gz from [/url][url=http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/]http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/ which is a file manager program.

To install I have done;

Downloaded to desktop then cut & past it to my home folder (I didn't know where else to install it :/ )

Then I did;

cd /home/mizzy
tar -xvzf gnome-commander-1.1.7.tar.gz
cd gnome-commander-1.1.7
./configure && make && checkinstall

After the last step, I get this error message in terminal:

Code:
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

..any idea's why? I did look in config.log but couldn't really make head nor tail of it. Below is what config.log says...

Code:
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was

 $ ./configure 

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = localhost.localdomain
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 Thu Jun 2 22:55:56 EDT 2005

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X	 = unknown

/bin/arch			  = i686
/usr/bin/arch -k	   = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo			   = unknown
/bin/machine		   = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel	   = unknown
/bin/universe		  = unknown

PATH: /usr/kerberos/bin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/X11R6/bin
PATH: /home/mizzy/bin


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1540: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:1595: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:1606: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:1649: result: yes
configure:1714: checking for gawk
configure:1730: found /usr/bin/gawk
configure:1740: result: gawk
configure:1750: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:1770: result: yes
configure:1984: checking for gcc
configure:2013: result: no
configure:2064: checking for cc
configure:2093: result: no
configure:2106: checking for cc
configure:2152: result: no
configure:2205: checking for cl
configure:2234: result: no
configure:2248: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##

ac_cv_env_CC_set=
ac_cv_env_CC_value=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPP_set=
ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_set=
ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_value=
ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CXX_set=
ac_cv_env_CXX_value=
ac_cv_env_F77_set=
ac_cv_env_F77_value=
ac_cv_env_FFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_FFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
ac_cv_path_install='/usr/bin/install -c'
ac_cv_prog_AWK=gawk
ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes

## ----------------- ##
## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##

ACLOCAL='${SHELL} /home/Emz/gnome-commander-1.1.7/missing --run aclocal-1.9'
AMDEPBACKSLASH=''
AMDEP_FALSE=''
AMDEP_TRUE=''
AMTAR='${SHELL} /home/Emz/gnome-commander-1.1.7/missing --run tar'
AR=''
AUTOCONF='${SHELL} /home/Emz/gnome-commander-1.1.7/missing --run autoconf'
AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /home/Emz/gnome-commander-1.1.7/missing --run autoheader'
AUTOMAKE='${SHELL} /home/Emz/gnome-commander-1.1.7/missing --run automake-1.9'
AWK='gawk'
CATALOGS=''
CATOBJEXT=''
CC=''
CCDEPMODE=''
CFLAGS=''
CPP=''
CPPFLAGS=''
CXX=''
CXXCPP=''
CXXDEPMODE=''
CXXFLAGS=''
CYGPATH_W='echo'
DATADIRNAME=''
DEFS=''
DEPDIR=''
ECHO='echo'
ECHO_C=''
ECHO_N='-n'
ECHO_T=''
EGREP=''
EXEEXT=''
F77=''
FFLAGS=''
GETTEXT_PACKAGE=''
GLIB_CFLAGS=''
GLIB_LIBS=''
GLIB_PREFIX=''
GLIB_VERSION=''
GMODULE_AVAIL=''
GMOFILES=''
GMSGFMT=''
GNOMEUI_CFLAGS=''
GNOMEUI_LIBS=''
GNOMEUI_PREFIX=''
GNOMEUI_VERSION=''
GNOMEVFS_CFLAGS=''
GNOMEVFS_LIBS=''
GNOMEVFS_PREFIX=''
GNOMEVFS_VERSION=''
GNOME_CFLAGS=''
GNOME_LIBS=''
GNOME_PREFIX=''
GNOME_VERSION=''
GTK_CFLAGS=''
GTK_LIBS=''
GTK_PREFIX=''
GTK_VERSION=''
INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}'
INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM='${SHELL} $(install_sh) -c -s'
INSTOBJEXT=''
INTLLIBS=''
INTLTOOL_CAVES_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_DIRECTORY_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_EXTRACT=''
INTLTOOL_ICONV=''
INTLTOOL_KBD_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_KEYS_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_MERGE=''
INTLTOOL_MSGFMT=''
INTLTOOL_MSGMERGE=''
INTLTOOL_OAF_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_PERL=''
INTLTOOL_PONG_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_PROP_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_SCHEMAS_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_SERVER_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_SHEET_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_SOUNDLIST_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_THEME_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_UI_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_UPDATE=''
INTLTOOL_XAM_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_XGETTEXT=''
INTLTOOL_XML_NOMERGE_RULE=''
INTLTOOL_XML_RULE=''
LDFLAGS=''
LEX=''
LEXLIB=''
LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT=''
LIBOBJS=''
LIBS=''
LIBTOOL=''
LN_S=''
LTLIBOBJS=''
MAINT=''
MAINTAINER_MODE_FALSE=''
MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE=''
MAKEINFO='${SHELL} /home/Emz/gnome-commander-1.1.7/missing --run makeinfo'
MKINSTALLDIRS=''
MSGFMT=''
OBJEXT=''
PACKAGE='gnome-commander'
PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
PACKAGE_NAME=''
PACKAGE_STRING=''
PACKAGE_TARNAME=''
PACKAGE_VERSION=''
PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
PLUGIN_DIR=''
POFILES=''
POSUB=''
PO_IN_DATADIR_FALSE=''
PO_IN_DATADIR_TRUE=''
PREFIX=''
RANLIB=''
SET_MAKE=''
SHELL='/bin/sh'
STRIP=''
USE_NLS=''
VERSION='1.1.7'
XGETTEXT=''
ac_ct_AR=''
ac_ct_CC=''
ac_ct_CXX=''
ac_ct_F77=''
ac_ct_RANLIB=''
ac_ct_STRIP=''
am__fastdepCC_FALSE=''
am__fastdepCC_TRUE=''
am__fastdepCXX_FALSE=''
am__fastdepCXX_TRUE=''
am__include=''
am__leading_dot='.'
am__quote=''
am__tar='${AMTAR} chof - "$$tardir"'
am__untar='${AMTAR} xf -'
bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
build=''
build_alias=''
build_cpu=''
build_os=''
build_vendor=''
datadir='${prefix}/share'
exec_prefix='NONE'
host=''
host_alias=''
host_cpu=''
host_os=''
host_vendor=''
includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${prefix}/info'
install_sh='/home/Emz/gnome-commander-1.1.7/install-sh'
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
mandir='${prefix}/man'
mkdir_p='mkdir -p --'
oldincludedir='/usr/include'
prefix='NONE'
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
target_alias=''

## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

#define PACKAGE "gnome-commander"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
#define PACKAGE_NAME ""
#define PACKAGE_STRING ""
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
#define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
#define VERSION "1.1.7"

configure: exit 1

non-recursive Tar

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:47:42 +0200

Is there a simple way to do a non-recursive tar.

I've come up with a few sites that say there is a flag -n for it, but the distro (fedora 3) i'm using doesn't have that option. Any other alternatives?

Muddled in Installation of tar.

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:00:53 +0200

Hi am a newbie, this is my second day on linus so please forgive me if I am asking a stupid question.

I wanted to install xorg-x11-devel-6.7.0-9.i386.rpm so i downloaded and did the following

1) $ rpm -i xorg-x11-devel-6.7.0-9.i386.rpm

error: Failed dependencies:

fontconfig-devel >= 2.1 is needed by xorg-x11-devel-6.7.0-9

2) so dowmloaded and ran $ rpm -i fontconfig-devel-2.2.3-5.i386.rpm

error: Failed dependencies:

fontconfig = 2.2.3 is needed by fontconfig-devel-2.2.3-5

3) so downloaded fontconfig-2.2.3.tar.gz and did the following:

$ gunzip -c fontconfig-2.2.3.tar.gz | tar xvf -

$ cd fontconfig-2.2.3

$ ./configure

$ make

$ make install

All this seemed to run fine

so tried step 2) again, $ rpm -i fontconfig-devel-2.2.3-5.i386.rpm and got the same error message, so why can't it find fontconfig?

Thanks

Spinor5

tar

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:39:27 +0200

if i have a directory with many *.conf files, and i also in the same directory have other files that end with *.tar and *.gz. And i want to compress all files in that directory execpt the allready compresed files like *.tar and *.gz

tar cf funnet.tar * except ?

also how can i find files that have not been modified in like 1 year ? i know there is atime fuction, but what should i use when we speak of years.. ?

-knut

install some files

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:12:28 +0200

i am using Fedora

and i am a totally newbie , yesterday i installed for the first time linux

but know i dont know how to install some files.

ik know that i must just the terminal and rpm -ivh namexxxx.rpm

but that he say : no such file or directory

the files are in /home/user/download's/blalala.rpm

second point

how to install tar.gz

are there no good install clients

thx !

-install .tar

Tue, 27 Jan 2004 02:00:42 +0100

Ive got the contents unzipped to a folder, and I am staring at them wondering why the divx people couldnt be nice and make a rpm out of them. How do you install things manually, anyway?

(I need my videos... [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_dry.png[/img] )

Programs (tar.gz's & rpm's)

Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:46:35 +0100

when i download a tar.gz (or rpm for example) I put it in a folder called downloads (as you do). One thing i'm unsure of in linux yet is, when i unzip the contents using the terminal and i get the folder then you go on to doing make or make load whatever. BUT, do you need to keep all the contents from that folder in that location, since you've 'made' it? Or does Linux copy this to a seperate area on one of the partitions?

Just one of my noob questions thats all lol. Downloaded Firebird i can run it from the Mozzila-Firebird.bin but after i've created a launcher for it from the desktop i get an error message, something about a child path or something. lol just a little question :-)

Thanks again...

Dave