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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: badog on February 24, 2005, 07:36:26 am

Title: How Install Xxx.tar.gz?
Post by: badog on February 24, 2005, 07:36:26 am

somebady said some software (.tar.gz) can be installed to X.how do it ?

Title: How Install Xxx.tar.gz?
Post by: lardman on February 24, 2005, 08:10:51 am

Depends if it contains an ipk, or it's just a tarball.

If it's just a tarball then you have to look at the directory structure inside so you can choose where to unpack it.

Si

Title: How Install Xxx.tar.gz?
Post by: pgas on February 24, 2005, 11:50:51 am

use tar -ztvf XX.tar.gz to see what's inside
tar -zxvf to extract it

alternatively use can use mc in a console.

If it contains something that look like a standard unix tree ie /usr/local/bin etc
you can try to :
extract it in / if you have space
extract it in  /mnt/card to put it and use ln -s to link the files in /mnt/card/usr/ etc to /usr/local/ etc.

for instance ln -s /mnt/card/usr/local/bin/gtp /usr/local/bin.