How Install Xxx.tar.gz?

[badog]

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

[lardman]

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

[pgas]

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.