Propane Posted December 18, 2003 Posted December 18, 2003 if you use gnome or kde look for "file roller" if not tar -xvjf <file> if im not mistaken Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ballz2TheWallz Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 how do i find file roller and after tar -xvjf filehere what do i do from there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 it will unpack it... you will get a folder... thats bascailly it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ballz2TheWallz Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 ive done that b4 how do i get the program????????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 cd <directory> ./configure make make install (must be root) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ballz2TheWallz Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 whats the command in the prompt for logging in root Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 su it will then prompt for a passwd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ballz2TheWallz Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 [zach@localhost zach]$ cd /home/zach/Desktop [zach@localhost Desktop]$ tar -xvjf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.4-sea.tar.gz bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors [zach@localhost Desktop]$ tar -xvjf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.4-sea.tar.gz bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors ?? divx codec didnt do dat craped mozzila Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 try this.. mv /home/zach/Desktop/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.4-sea.tar.gz /home/zach/(may have to use /home/zach/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.4-sea.tar.gz) gzip -d mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.4-sea.tar.gz tar -xvf mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.4-sea.tar /home/zach/moztemp cd /home/zach/moztemp su <enter password> ./configure make make install exit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 different arguments are needed for different compression types (.zip .tar.z .tar.gz .tar.bz2) it was just the wrong arguments... also... if you run into a problem there is always a thing called a manual (or man) page... this will help you learn alot even if it dosent help with your problem... for example you would type something like this if you had a problem with ls $ man ls you can learn a lot from man pages... just a helpful hint Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Grim Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 if you run into a problem there is always a thing called a manual (or man) page... this will help you learn alot even if it dosent help with your problem... for example you would type something like this if you had a problem with ls $ man ls you can learn a lot from man pages... just a helpful hint yea..and man pages are usually a couples pages long, even for somthing simple like ls, so grab some popcorn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukmike02 Posted December 26, 2003 Posted December 26, 2003 True, there is always the linux doc project - www.tldp.org or here if you need help. When I first started to use linux I prefered the graphical interface, but quickly infact very quickly I got the hang of using the commands, coupled with writing little shell, perl and other scripts I managed to complete the same tasks alot quicker. I now hardly use the graphical interface, it just takes a little time. The other day I was working on an win 98 comptuer and needed to use the dos prompt for something, I kept typing ls and cp instead of dir and copy, lol. Also if you use tar zxvf filename.tar.gz it will gunzip and untar the file for you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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