How do you install tarbz2 in ubuntu?

Answer 1

A ".tar.gz" file is a compressed archive. It can contain any sort of data. Assuming it belongs to a program, it is either a "source tarball", or a binary one.

Both can be extracted by using the command

tar xvvf name.tar.gz

The source tarball will extract to a directory usually with the same name as the program. You can then compile it and do a "make install". A binary will follow the directory structure that it was meant to be installed at (ex. /usr/bin/program). If it does this, copy the tar.gz file (as root) to your root directory and extract it again.

Answer 2

1. Extract to a folder

2. Open terminal (ctrl+alt+t)

3. Navigate to the folder (eg CD /home/user/Downloads/extractedtarball/)

4. type ./configure

5. hit enter

6. type make

7. hit enter

8. type sudo make install

9. enter password (your administrator password)

10. hit enter

Answer 3

1. Extract the tar.bz2 file into a folder

2. Explore the folder. There will often be a readme or a install or setup file with detailed instructions

3. Often the instructions are to go to the command line, navigate to the folder and type the following:

./configure

make

sudo make install OR sudo checkinstall

Answer 4

Tar is just an archive, just like a zip file. you don't 'install' it.

However, usually when you download source code they come in a tar file, also known as a tarball. That is probably what you are talking about.

Keep in mind, that this is NOT the preferred way to install software on Linux. You should probably install the program through your distributions' package manager (apt-get, yum, pacman, etc.) But, sometimes it is necessary to compile programs yourself. If this is one of those cases, these are the steps.

First, extract the tarball. It is probably also compressed with either gzip or bzip. One of these commands will probably work:

no compression:

tar -xf filename

gzip compression

tar -xzf filename

bzip compression

tar -xjf filename

after that, you will see a directory that contains the source code of the program you are trying to install. Enter the directory.

CD directoryname

There will probably be a file named README and or one named INSTALL. These will tell you how to install the program. You definitely want to read both of these.

Next, unless your install file told you to do something different, you will use gcc and the makefile system to compile the program and install it into your filesystem.

./configure

make

#make install

To uninstall the program, there is usually a make uninstall or something like that written into the makefile.

Answer 5

.tar.gz files are archives just like .rar or .zip files, you unpack them, not install.

Depending on your distribution you may just have to Right-click->Unpack or type:

"tar -xvvfz file.tar.gz" in terminal