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[ascikey]

Please help new to Linux but trying
I have a tar file in the directory “/home/tony/overnet” that I want to uncompress and then install into a folder called “/home/tony/overnet/overnetinstall” the tar file is called overnet0.51.2.tar.gz.
Could somebody please tell me how to do this
Thanks

 

[flugh]

[tt]tar zxvf overnet0.51.2.tar.gz[/tt]
then cd to the new directory, probably [tt]./configure && make[/tt]

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[ascikey]

thanks yep i see i didn't put the f in the zxvf and i used xz .It just hung prob as is it couldnt make the new dir

 

[ascikey]

Ok done that but when i ./configure output says no such file or directory so i try make and output says
"make *** no target specified and no make file found".
The files that came from the tar file are: contact.dat, overnet0.51.2 and readme. the readme has no install info
any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[flugh]

is 'overnet0.51.2' a directory? probably 'cd overnet0.51.2', then './configure && make'. the README has nothing about installation?

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[ascikey]

hi flugh, thanks for your reply again.
is 'overnet0.51.2' a directory?
'overnet0.51.2' is not a directory but not sure what it is.
i am on "fedora core 1" and the icon is like a text file with a rocket ship in the corner. Hang on its a binary just gone to properties and typed ./overnet0.51.2 after that it started. i actually already tried that but forgot the ./ and hence got "command not found" which i wrongly thought must mean that it wasnt a programme

sorry for wasting your time i will try this method next time

thx again

 

[flugh]

ack, didn't realize you were trying to do this via some filemanager. In that case, I applaude you for being able to install it at all. Me, I'm handicapped by having to have a commandline available to do stuff like that ;-)

If you have a doubt about what a file is, try the 'file' command. It's a real handy tool. Also, in case you don't already have it set up, do an: alias ls='ls --color' to get colorized ls output. Usually blue is a directory, green is an executable file. You may even run across a horrible blinking red file that is a broken symlink (been a while, think it was Redhat back in the 7.x days?).

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[ascikey]

the color alias works well thancks for the tip

 

[ascikey]

the color alias works well thanks for the tip