How to install packages from .tar.gz files

[love_linux1]

Please tell me how to install packages from a .tar.gz file......

[oldos2er]

Depends on what's contained in the *.tar.gz file. Source code? Shell script? Precompiled binaries? What's the name of the program, and can you post a link to its website or where you downloaded it from?

[lovinglinux]

What exactly are you trying to install?

If you provide the name of the program and the reason why you are downloading a tar.gz package, then we can provide a better solution.

Usually, you don't need to go fishing applications on the Internet. Use Ubuntu Software Center to install the applications you need.

[love_linux1]

I was installing TurboC-dev.tar.gz contains Source Code

[raja.genupula]

do you find any file like configure, make , can you list those file contents .

[oldos2er]

I was installing TurboC-dev.tar.gz contains Source Code

There are instructions here: http://www.sandroid.org/TurboC/#Download
Where it says "su" you should use "sudo -i" instead.

[lkraemer]

love_linux1,
The instructions on that site are very good.

A few things are assumed, and you may not know all of them.

To compile source code you need build-essential, and the headers for your
kernel installed, along with any libraries that are required (dependencies) to
compile without errors of missing code etc.

Most source is contained in a .tar.gz or zip or some compressed packaged file.
Contained in that file are some configure, makefile, and readme files.


INSTALL REQUIRED SOFTWARE FOR COMPILE:
Typically you need to install build-essential and the headers for the
kernel you are running, if you are going to compile code.


uname -r

will tell you the kernel you are currently running.


sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

will install the software needed to compile your source code.


TYPICAL COMPILE STEPS: (from within your source directory)


cd~
cd path/to/source/code
./configure
make clean
make
sudo make install

"make clean" won't remove anything on the first compile, but will clean up
on a successive compile.

You can also use checkinstall to build a deb file.
REF:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Lucid


COMPILE xxxx FROM SOURCE:

1. Use Synaptics to install the following Library Files needed for the Compile:


somerequiredlibxext-dev
somerequiredlibreadline-dev


2. Download source and extract to subdirectory. The website uses:


tar -xzvf TurboC-dev.tar.gz
cd TurboC-source

Then read instructions in readme.txt and other files, then edit configure & makefile as needed.

3. Compile & Install (You may have to edit ./configure and/or makefile
to suit your needs according to documentation in the source readme files.


./configure
make clean
make
sudo make install

this assumes no errors. If there errors Step #3 applies......

4. Look for errors in compile after the "make" and fix the problems. Then do:


make clean
make

until it all compiles. Last step is to do:


sudo make install

Then locate the binary and execute the software with:


sudo updatedb
which binaryyouarelookingfor
/path/to/the/binary/thebinary [options] commands -switches etc..


Let us know how it goes............

TurboC looks interesting. Brings back memories.....

lk

[Trotel]

Hi, I try to install lib32z1 and libc6-i386 packages
I try install with sudo apt-get install <package>, this don't work.
I search similar package with apt-cache search <packages*> and I don't have any similar packages.
So I download this in files
lib32z1: http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/libs/lib32z1
libc6-i386: http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/libs/libc6-i386
So I do that you tell me, with build-essential and the headers, but when I wrote ./configure the last line have a error


$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
configure: error: you must configure in a separate build directory


and make


$ make
Makeconfig:85: sysdeps/../config.make: No such file or directory
The GNU C library has not been configured.
Run `configure' to configure it before building.
Try `configure --help' for more details.
make: Failed to remake makefile `sysdeps/../config.make'.


Can you help me please?

[raja.genupula]

Man they seems deb files .
Installing .deb files is different from TAR


sudo dpkg -i filename.deb

use this command to install those .deb files .

actually you can get them by searching in synaptic man , I am sure .