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Re: [LUG] Installing

 

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Jack Oley wrote:
> Can anybody tell me how I install a tar.gz package, please?  I've got it in
> my Dowloads folder; I open the terminal and enter the command, tar xfvz
> eldy23.tar.gz  and get the error, "Cannot open: No such file or directory".
>  Am I doing something incorrectly?  Is there an easier / better way to
> install a tar.gz file??  Thanks for any help.    Jack.

Did you 'go' to the Downloads folder in the terminal first by typing

cd Downloads

?

If you're not sure

pwd

gives you the folder you are 'in' and

ls

lists all files in that folder. You should see your .tar.gz file listed here.

Hope that helps.

Martijn.

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