Re: [LUG] Installing

[Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 19/07/11 21:02, 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.
the thing following the "f" is taken as the file to extract from..

you would want;

tar zxvf eldy23.tar.gz

for example..
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