[SuSE Linux] .tar.gz files
Hi all; I'm using 5.2 with YaST .89.something. Anyway I tryed to install a program today that was XXX.tar.gz. In yast it did not show this file or any like it. There were only RPM files and .tgz files. Did I do something wrong or is this a bug? TIA J I M ----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge@straubing.baynet.de Proud Linux User #88484 !!!!!!!!!! Micro$oft -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) ---------------------------------------------- "If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign." Bill Clinton, 1974 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
rename the file to .tgz and it will work (provided it is a archive containing binaries instead of source code.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com [<A HREF="mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com]On">mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com]On</A> Behalf Of James (Jim) Hatridge Sent: Monday, December 07, 1998 11:49 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SuSE Linux] .tar.gz files
Hi all;
I'm using 5.2 with YaST .89.something. Anyway I tryed to install a program today that was XXX.tar.gz. In yast it did not show this file or any like it. There were only RPM files and .tgz files. Did I do something wrong or is this a bug?
TIA
J I M ----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge@straubing.baynet.de
Proud Linux User #88484 !!!!!!!!!!
Micro$oft -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) ---------------------------------------------- "If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign." Bill Clinton, 1974
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I'm using 5.2 with YaST .89.something. Anyway I tryed to install a program today that was XXX.tar.gz. In yast it did not show this file or any like it. There were only RPM files and .tgz files. Did I do something wrong or is this a bug? Unless you are dealing with Slackware, which uses the .tar.gz format like S.u.S.E./RH uses rpm and Debian uses deb...you probably have a source
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, James (Jim) Hatridge wrote: package, which means you can't just install it. You can either compile it and install it or build an RPM from it and install that. YaST isn't going to detect apps built from source code unless you put it in a format it'll recognize, like RPM. Just remember when you're downloading stuff to make notice of what the format is of the file, 990f the time a file with that extension --.tgz or .tar.gz ( same thing ) is an uncompiled tarred and gunzipped archive of a programs source files, usually with the stuff you need to compile it, like a 'configure' script or a raw 'spec' and an INSTALL file etc , included in the archive. -M - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
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