This tutorial shows how to uncompress and install tar packages in ubuntu.
Uncompress:
First,open up terminal(Applications/Accessories/Terminal).
For tar.gz packages:
sudo tar zxvf file.tar.gz
For tar.bz2 packages:
sudo tar jxvf file.tar.bz2
For rar packages
sudo rar a file.rar
For tar.Z packages
sudo uncompress file.tar.Z
If uncompress packages in user folder(/home/user),omit “sudo” in previous commands.
Install
After uncompress a tar package,commonly you can read the “readme” file in folder for how to install.Following are often used:
option 1:
sudo ./configure make make install
option 2:
sudo ./configure --prefix=/path make make install
option 3:
sudo ./configure --enable-static-link \ --prefix=$XXX/static --with-curses && make && make install