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.tar.bz2 file installation problem

Asked by ANIRUDDHA

actually i have a many ' .tar.bz2' files.and after extracting them ,there comes a few folders.but i am not understanding what to do with them? actually i want to know if there is any specific commands(for terminal)to install these files.if anybody has the answer,then speak me step by step please.................

also you can suggest me some general suggestion to work with these files.................. PLEASE

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Matija Polajnar (matija-polajnar) said : 		#1

.tar.bz2 is a "tarball" - compressed multi-file archive, like a '.zip' or '.rar'. So we can only speculate about contents of your particular tarballs.

You are talking about installation, so I will suppose your file contains source code of some application. Usually it will also include a README and/or INSTALL files, which are text files with instructions you can read. I suggest you do so.

A typical installation of an application usually goes like this (but I still suggest you read README):
  ./configure
  make
  sudo make install

After every step you are supposed to at least check if the process completed successfully or did it return any error.

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Thomas Kluyver (takluyver) said : 		#2

We should also point out that installing programs from tarballs is not normally something you'll want to do, thanks to packages and repositories.

There are collections of standard software that can be installed with little hassle from programs like synaptic or adept. Look for a menu entry which may be called "add/remove programs". You can also do the same thing from terminal commands--for instance, to install wine, you could go to a terminal and enter "sudo aptitude install wine". It will download everything it needs and install it for you.

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