Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:27:29 -0600 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: Julio Galicia <jgalicia@tejon.ittux.edu.mx>, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tar.gz Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20010130222729.009c77a0@mail85.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101301916360.60233-100000@tejon.ittux.edu.m x>
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At 19:18 30-01-2001 -0600, Julio Galicia wrote: >i've got a xxx.tar.gz. How do i install this program? > >i need use pkg_add or uncompress it and do "make"? It's not a program, it's a compressed archive (similar to a .zip file under DOS). There is no one way to tell what to do with it. For example, it can be dowloaded, uncompressed, and dearchived by a make file (as in the ports collection). Or you need to do it manually. See "man gzip" on how to uncompress it, then "man tar" how to extract files from the archive. Adam --- Whiz Kid Technomagic - brand name computers for less. See http://www.whizkidtech.net/pcwarehouse/ for details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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