[opensuse] install a tar file?

dwain

15 Mar 2007 15 Mar '07

09:27

can i install a tar file; and how would i accomplish this? the program, cabaret for linux, is not an rpm. would some one please explain the process to me? thanks, dwain -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Verner Kjærsgaard

15 Mar 15 Mar

09:40

Torsdag 15 marts 2007 10:27 skrev dwain:

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can i install a tar file; and how would i accomplish this? the program, cabaret for linux, is not an rpm. would some one please explain the process to me?

thanks, dwain

Hi Dwain,, - you don't directly install a tar file. It's a packed 'tape archive', aka zip file. We need to now the name of said file, does it end in -tar or -tar.gz or tgz or... Anyhow, if it's -tar.gz you do: Open a shell. I'll asssume you downloaded the -tar.gz file to somewhere within your home directory. You then need to 'untar' the file. Try this: tar xvfz filename.tar.gz or if it doesn't end in a 'z', do this: tar xvf filename.tar This should give you a lot/some files, all located in a directory of their own. Change to this dir. Become root, perhaps by issuing a 'su' Read the README if it's there. Follow whatever instructions are there. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Patrick Shanahan

12:34

* Verner Kjærsgaard [03-15-07 05:40]: [...]

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This should give you a lot/some files, all located in a directory of their own. Change to this dir. Become root, perhaps by issuing a 'su' Read the README if it's there. Follow whatever instructions are there.

Which will probably result in a borked system. He should utilize 'checkinstall' instead of 'make install' to maintain integrity of his rpm based system. ESPECIALLY since he does not know how to install a tar ball. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Sylvester Lykkehus

12:54

New subject: [opensuse] Checkinstall fails before running make install (Was: install a tar file?)

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Verner Kjærsgaard [03-15-07 05:40]: [...]

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This should give you a lot/some files, all located in a directory of their own. Change to this dir. Become root, perhaps by issuing a 'su' Read the README if it's there. Follow whatever instructions are there.

Which will probably result in a borked system. He should utilize 'checkinstall' instead of 'make install' to maintain integrity of his rpm based system. ESPECIALLY since he does not know how to install a tar ball.

As a side note, I often find checkinstall failing, before running make install. That is on *some* packages, I have to do make install; checkinstall; make uninstall, for the RPM to be build. I dont have a specific app in mind, so I can't post the error, just noted that this is sometimes the case. /Sylvester -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Verner Kjærsgaard

13:16

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Torsdag 15 marts 2007 13:54 skrev Sylvester Lykkehus:

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Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Verner Kjærsgaard [03-15-07 05:40]: [...]

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This should give you a lot/some files, all located in a directory of their own. Change to this dir. Become root, perhaps by issuing a 'su' Read the README if it's there. Follow whatever instructions are there.

Which will probably result in a borked system. He should utilize 'checkinstall' instead of 'make install' to maintain integrity of his rpm based system. ESPECIALLY since he does not know how to install a tar ball.

As a side note, I often find checkinstall failing, before running make install.

That is on *some* packages, I have to do make install; checkinstall; make uninstall, for the RPM to be build.

I dont have a specific app in mind, so I can't post the error, just noted that this is sometimes the case.

/Sylvester

Hi It turned out that this -tar file was not meant to be installed at all. I was shell script that started a java thing. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

14:51

New subject: [opensuse] Checkinstall fails before running make install (Was: install a tar file?)

Sylvester, On Thursday 15 March 2007 05:54, Sylvester Lykkehus wrote:

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As a side note, I often find checkinstall failing, before running make install.

That is on *some* packages, I have to do make install; checkinstall; make uninstall, for the RPM to be build.

Interesting. I've had checkinstall fail, but it never occurred to me to try a "make install" first. I'd still be reluctant to do so, but I'll keep this in mind the next time a "virgin" checkinstall doesn't work.

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I dont have a specific app in mind, so I can't post the error, just noted that this is sometimes the case.

/Sylvester

Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Carlos E. R.

19:29

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2007-03-15 at 13:54 +0100, Sylvester Lykkehus wrote:

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As a side note, I often find checkinstall failing, before running make install.

That is on *some* packages, I have to do make install; checkinstall; make uninstall, for the RPM to be build.

I have installed dozens of things via checkinstall, but I never found that particular problem.

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I dont have a specific app in mind, so I can't post the error, just noted that this is sometimes the case.

It would be interesting next time you find that problem you tell us so we can try. What I have noticed is that it fails if the spec file from a previous run remains. It also generates a wrong "requires" clause on my system. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF+Z6ItTMYHG2NR9URAk01AJ9TfiGijAo6jpmoDHisAdkOi7BCDACfZ+P4 4wAcvrLMu9NggOtGS1cFifQ= =Fc64 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Jan Tiggy

16 Mar 16 Mar

00:40

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Carlos E. R. schrieb:

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I have installed dozens of things via checkinstall, but I never found that particular problem.

Well, I've installed about 200 via checkinstall and found about 5% of them with this so called problem, which IMO is none. Sametimes the configure script use the final paths especially for pictures, icons or man pages. Thus checkinstall do not look for them in the source path but in the installation path. Thus it finds it only after make install. thx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF+eeUN8oPNJi4M6IRAlHjAJ0cP8Z09KOnJ9CUyKuJL3ebwgWjYQCfSfz/ 8etOHjqHrZGy9uh8ZeI1gYQ= =3lNE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

01:13

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On Thursday 15 March 2007 17:40, Jan Tiggy wrote:

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Carlos E. R. schrieb:

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I have installed dozens of things via checkinstall, but I never found that particular problem.

Well, I've installed about 200 via checkinstall and found about 5% of them with this so called problem, which IMO is none.

5% of 200 is 10. 10 is not none. I've encountered the problem, too. And at a much higher rate, though it's less meaningful 'cause I've attempted nowhere near 200 of them.

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Sametimes the configure script use the final paths especially for pictures, icons or man pages. Thus checkinstall do not look for them in the source path but in the installation path. Thus it finds it only after make install.

That is good to know.

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thx

Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Jan Tiggy

02:07

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Randall R Schulz wrote:

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Well, I've installed about 200 via checkinstall and found about 5% of them with this so called problem, which IMO is none.

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5% of 200 is 10. 10 is not none.

LOL sure. Well what I meant was, that it is not a problem to me. Coz I install programs after checkinstall anyway. thx Jan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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