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Installing tar files

Asked by Peter Allen

Another newbie! For years I've been a Windows user - since the old Win3.1 till WinXP. I've now decided to abandon the cockroach-infested ship SS Microsoft and have taken to the lifeboat Ubuntu.It's been a lot of fun and I've enjoyed the learning curve but now I face certain harsh realities. In the old days, to install a program, I double-clicked on an .EXE file and Windows did the installation. Now I'm faced with, say, rezound-0.12.2beta.tar.gz and GNUcash-2.0.3.tar.gz. Please, how on earth do I install and use these programs? Help, Peter

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#1

These packages are in Ubuntu repository, but if you want to learn how to build software from its source code, you have to follow these steps:
1) Install build-essential package (sudo apt-get install build-essential)
2) Untar your files (tar fxz rezound-0.12.2beta.tar.gz)
3) Move in rezound directory (mv rezound-0.12.2beta)
4) Run ./configure
5) Run make
6) Run sudo make install
You will find these commands in almost every situation.

Also note that these software require *a lot* of dependencies and you will surely discover tons of error messages when trying to compile them. Maybe you should begin with something easier and let Synaptic install GNUcash and rezound for you.

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#2

Should step 3 not be "cd rezound-0.12.2beta" rather than "mv rezound-0.12.2beta"?

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Best Peter Allen (pgallen-iburst) said : 		#3

Thanks Luca and Alan. It seems that the command route is a little advanced for me at the moment. I'm going to install version 6.10 early in the new year so I'll wait till then and see if Synaptic will solve my difficulty.Thanks again, Peter

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#4

Oops, I mispelled ;)

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jeancarlo (jeancarlosallons) said : 		#5

hello can somebody help my with tar install i cant in install theme pleas help me:(

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Jacob Peddicord (jpeddicord) said : 		#6

jeancarlo:

I recommend you file a new question to receive proper attention, as when a thread is solved it usually isn't seen much anymore:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion