How do I install a tar.gz file that begins with "install"
To All: For Mozilla 1.7, I have found a plug-in that must be installed. Even though I was able, with a great deal of help from my SIG, in figuring out a regular tar.gz, this one starts out really differently. File: install_flash_player_7_Linux.tar.gz. ????? :-)
John, On Tuesday 31 August 2004 10:46, John Boyle wrote:
To All: For Mozilla 1.7, I have found a plug-in that must be installed. Even though I was able, with a great deal of help from my SIG, in figuring out a regular tar.gz, this one starts out really differently. File: install_flash_player_7_Linux.tar.gz. ????? :-)
Extract the contents of the archive: % tar zxf install_flash_player_7_Linux.tar.gz Change diretory to the top level of the extracted files: % cd install_flash_player_7_Linux Optional step for the exceptionally curious: Read the Readme.txt or Readme.htm files. Run the installer: % ./flashplayer-installer Answer the questions. When you get to the question "Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape, or Opera browser" enter the path name of the top level directory in which you have your Mozilla 1.7 installed. For me, this was "/usr/local/mozilla1.72". (By the way, I trust that if this is a new installation, you're talking about version 1.7.2.) When you're done, you can remove the installer files: % cd .. % rm -fr install_flash_player_7_Linux Good luck. Randall Schulz
On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 20:46, John Boyle wrote:
To All: For Mozilla 1.7, I have found a plug-in that must be installed. Even though I was able, with a great deal of help from my SIG, in figuring out a regular tar.gz, this one starts out really differently. File: install_flash_player_7_Linux.tar.gz. ????? :-)
It is a regular tar.gz file (after all, it ends in tar.gz!) tar xvzf install_flash_player_7_Linux.tar.gz cd install_flash_player_7_Linux (or whatever the resulting directory is called) In that directory you'll amost certainly find an INSTALL or README file - read it (by entering "less INSTALL" or "less README) and follow the instructions. David
Tar xzvf install_flash_player_7_Linux.tar.gz and then rerun installer El Martes, 31 de Agosto de 2004 19:46, John Boyle escribió:
To All: For Mozilla 1.7, I have found a plug-in that must be installed. Even though I was able, with a great deal of help from my SIG, in figuring out a regular tar.gz, this one starts out really differently. File: install_flash_player_7_Linux.tar.gz. ????? :-)
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