gnome-terminal: how to install .tgz softwares

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On 7/23/10, abmaheswara <email address hidden> wrote:
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> i wrote in terminal command sudo apt-get install
> Plone-3.3.5-UnifiedInstaller.tgz . But i get error i.e
> E: Couldn't find package
> Plone-3.3.5-UnifiedInstaller.tgz
> what is the problem?
> What is the use of .tgz packages?
> How to install this packages?
> .tgz software is a package or not?
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couldn't find package could probbably means to thing;
1) your software is moved from the site
2) you havent update your terminal.
so try this first:
sudo apt-get update

now, .tgz is another compressed format of file, similar to .rar,.exe,.msi,.tar.bz, bla...bla...
it is a common installation file for linux.
d best way to install things in ubuntu is using .deb or ubuntu software center.

i am not sure is this th eplone u want, but plone exist in ubuntu software center ( type "plone")

or, since the .deb package does not exist, get the latest .tgz version ( version 4.0) or previous from https://launchpad.net/plone/+download

then, install alien, ( a software to install .tgz) by using:

sudo apt-get install alien
sudo apt-get update

next, install plone:

first, rename plone to plone, it is easier, right??
advisable, put on ur desktop,ow terminal to desktop

open terminal, show terminal to go to desktop by typing

cd ~/Desktop

then type

sudo alien -i plone.tgz

in many case, this works

thank you verymuch Sir

On 7/23/10, inashdeen <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #118680 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/118680
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> inashdeen proposed the following answer:
> couldn't find package could probbably means to thing;
> 1) your software is moved from the site
> 2) you havent update your terminal.
> so try this first:
> sudo apt-get update
>
> now, .tgz is another compressed format of file, similar to
> .rar,.exe,.msi,.tar.bz, bla...bla...
> it is a common installation file for linux.
> d best way to install things in ubuntu is using .deb or ubuntu software
> center.
>
> i am not sure is this th eplone u want, but plone exist in ubuntu
> software center ( type "plone")
>
> or, since the .deb package does not exist, get the latest .tgz version (
> version 4.0) or previous from https://launchpad.net/plone/+download
>
> then, install alien, ( a software to install .tgz) by using:
>
> sudo apt-get install alien
> sudo apt-get update
>
>
> next, install plone:
>
> first, rename plone to plone, it is easier, right??
> advisable, put on ur desktop,ow terminal to desktop
>
> open terminal, show terminal to go to desktop by typing
>
> cd ~/Desktop
>
> then type
>
> sudo alien -i plone.tgz
>
>
> in many case, this works
>
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The location the terminal is in is VERY important. If you run:

pwd

You will see where you are in the folder tree. The first folder you start in is $HOME or /home/$USER, If you (for example) downloaded the file to the Downloads folder then you will need to run:

cd Downloads

and so on, it depends where you downloaded the file to and I have no way of knowing that so you have to be the smart one here.

You do NOT install tar.gz files with apt-get, you don't even install deb files with apt-get, apt-get is told to install a package and it will be downloaded from the web. a tar.gz file is a compressed archive and is extractable using the right click menu in nautilus, if you want to use command line you can use:

tar zxvf Plone-3.3.5-UnifiedInstaller.tgz

and it will extract (rember Linux is VERY case sensitive so the capital P must be in the filename as Plone-3.3.5-UnifiedInstaller.tgz is not the same as plone-3.3.5-UnifiedInstaller.tgz

You can then manipulate the files as they are supposed to be. I have no idea what is in the archive so again, you must be the intelligent one here.