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how to install a tar.gz file

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how to install a tar.gz / bz2 file

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What are you trying to install?

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Mike Williams (willimt) said : 		#2

divx4linux-std-20030428.tar.gz celestia-1.6.0.tar.gz MPlayer-1.0rc3.tar.bz2 firefox-3.6.9.tar.bz2 ffmpegXbinaries20060307.zip

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

andy@D420:~$ apt-cache policy mplayer
mplayer:
  Installed: 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu16+medibuntu1
  Candidate: 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu16+medibuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu16+medibuntu1 0
        500 http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid/non-free Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu16 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Packages

Mplayer 1.0rc3 is in the Medibuntu repo so you can use that to install it, you dont need the file for that.

andy@D420:~$ apt-cache policy celestia
celestia:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.6.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1.6.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages

Celestia is in the standard repo so you don't need the file for that.

andy@D420:~$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.6.10~hg20100908r34560+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~umd2~lucid
  Version table:
     3.6.10~hg20100908r34560+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~umd2~lucid 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
     3.6.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
     3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

Firefox 3.6.9 is in the main Ubuntu repo so you don't need the file for that.

You can install ALL the codecs you need using the ubuntu-restricted-extras and you will be able to play pretty much any file.

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Anmol Sarma (unmole) said : 		#4

A file with a tar.gz, tar.bz etc. generally is an archive containing the source code of a program. In order to run the program, you will have to compile it first. This might be of help https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo

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