5/9/2019 0 Comments Debian Install Pkg Tar Xz FileFirst of all always search in the Software Centre or Synaptic Package manager to see if software is already in the repos for easy install or from the developers website where a.deb might be available again for easy install (like a.exe in windows) You can also use Gdebi package installer or look at dpkg. If you have to download it as a package it will often come down in a package/archive format such as xxxxx.tar or xxxx.tar.gz etc. These are analogous to windows.zip files but with varying compression denoted by the.xx after the.tar such as.tar.gz where.gz is the compression. ![]() ![]() A.tar file means Tape Archive which is legacy from UNIX when things were backed up to tape drives. The 2 or 3 letters after the.tar refer to the type of compression used to pack down the archive. See here for dealing with these files It is often just a simple case of right clicking in your GUI on the file and choosing extract then it will be unpackaged to a directory. The contents might simply be a.deb file as i said for easy installation see here: If the contents is source code then you need to compile this, this is where people often get stumped and is dependant on the developer and the documentation provided, once unpackaged there is often a README text file or a INSTALL file which you should read as it will often contain clear and concise instructions on what to do. If not then you need to figure it out, see here for information on compiling from source: then you should be set Have fun Regards haqking. Code: tar -xzvf package.tar.gz cd package./configure make make installrunning those commands will ideally compile your package for you. If it complains about permission, precede the commands with sudo. In my (admittedly limited) experience, this process often does not work right away. If it doesn't work, read the output and look for a package that is missing. Install that package and try again. Debian Package Creation HowTo. Being responsible for a machine means taking care of the hardware as well as the software components. As seen in every day life as a system administrator it is much better to install software as a software package rather than a bunch of source files. This reduces the costs to properly maintain the system. HOWEVER, if you got it from the debian site it's most likely in the official repositories so USE THE SOFTWARE CENTRE or synaptic. Or even apt-get. There's no reason to make this more complicated than it has to be. EDIT: haqking's post is actually much better than mine, but it doesn't seem like you're interested in actually understanding what you're doing. Last edited by sirspazzolot; December 26th, 2011 at 06:16 PM. Reason: snarky remarks make me look cool on the internet.
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