installation on linux

[pp.durga]

Hi,

I am trieng to install *.tar.gz on linux

I am getting error like this

bash: ./configure: No such file or directory


Thnx in Advance.

[stlsaint]

you need to untar it first:

tar -xvvf <path/to/package>

[oldos2er]

Which version of Ubuntu are you using? Have you installed the package build-essential? What's the name of the program you're trying to compile? Did you check the repositories for it first?