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I SEE THE MOST OF PEOPLE DON'T NOW HOW EXTRACT AND INSTALL TAR.GZ,TAR.BZ2,TBZ2,TGZ SO HERE IS QUICK TUTORIAL FOR YOU:
How to install Linux / UNIX *.tar.gz tarball files
How do I install tar.gz files under Linux?
A. tar.gz also known as tarball, an archive format for electronic data and software. Most Linux tarball contains a source code for software. If you are new to Linux I recommend using apt-get, rpm and yum command to install all binary packages.
Tarballs are a group of files in one file. Tarball files have the extension .tar.gz, .tgz or .tar.bz2. Most open source software use tarballs to distribute programs/source codes.
1: Uncompress tarball
To uncompress them, execute the following command(s) depending on the extension:
root@bt: tar -zxvf file.tar.gz
root@bt: tar- zxf file.tgz
root@bt: tar -jxf file.tar.bz2
root@bt: tar -jxf file.tbz2
Now change directory
root@bt: ls
root@bt: cd path-to-software/
2: Build and install software
Generally you need to type 3 commands as follows for building and compiling software:
root@bt:# ./configure
root@bt:# make
root@bt:# make install
Where,
./configure will configure the software to ensure your system has the necessary functionality and libraries to successfully compile the package
make will compile all the source files into executable binaries.
Finally, make install will install the binaries and any supporting files into the appropriate locations.
3: Read INSTALL / README file
Each tarball comes with installation and build instructions. Open INSTALL or README file for more information:
You can use kate or gedit txt editor for open readme and install file
gedit txt editor is come with Backtrack
kate you can install with this command:
root@bt:~# apt-get install kate
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