How to install software

[shahul]

How to install *.tar.bz this format software

[Sri Ram]

In Linux Environment, softwares are installed either using source
code or using the binary executable files..

'tar/tar.gz/tar.bz2' is used to compress those files.

Now, We will see how to install software from source files...

First, you need to extract your softwares from *.tar.gz format.

This should be done using two ways:

1) Using the default applications - Archive Manager(File
Roller)

or

2) Using the following Command :

tar -xvfj sample.tar.bz2 or

tar -xvfz sample.tar.gz or

tar -xvf sample.tar

The above command will create a 'sample' directory.


Second Step : You should read the README and INSTALL files present in
that directory.


Third Step : Use these following command to configure and install
your software.

cd sample

./configure

make

make install

If all the above commands executed without any errors, then that
software is installed correctly in your system...





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Regards
Sri Ram B

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