Linux is Not Hard as it Sounds :) ,It is Just awesome.
I have Given The Installation Procedure of The Softwares Which Comes With tar.gz and tar.bz2
I Have Taken an Example package_name.tar.gz or package_name.tar.bz2.
If have downloaded tar ball on my Desktop then Procedure Like Mention Below(u can take your directory where u download ur softwares) and i have taken puneet as a local host u can take ur username of ur local host .
[puneet@localhost ~]$ cd Desktop (go to the Directory where u downloaded the package)
[puneet@localhost Desktop]$ tar xvzf package_name.tar.gz (or tar xvjf package_name.tar.bz2)
As you can see, you use the tar command with the appropriate options (xvzf) for unpacking the tarball. If you have a package with tar.bz2 extension instead, you must tell tar that this isn’t a gzipped tar archive.You do so by using the j option instead of z, like this:
[puneet@localhost Desktop]$ tar xvjf package_name.tar.bz2
What happens after unpacking, depends on the package, but in most cases a directory with the package’s name is created. The newly created directory goes under the directory where you are right now. To be sure, you can give the ls command:
[puneet@localhost Desktop]$ ls
pkg pkg.tar.gz
It will Show The package is Created in the Directory.
No Go to The Package Directory,
[puneet@localhost Desktop]$ cd package_name
Read any documentation you find in this directory, like README or INSTALL files, before Proceeding!
Now After Getting in the Directory run the Command Below :
[puneet@localhost package_name]$ ./configure
When you run the Configure script, you don’t actually compile anything yet Configure just checks your system and assigns values for system-dependent variables.
If configure exited without errors, it’s time to move on to the next step.
[puneet@localhost package_name]$ make
This step may take some time, depending on how big the program is and how fast your computer is.
Now, the final step is to install the program. When doing this you must be root. If you’ve done things as a normal user, you can become root with the su command. It’ll ask you the root password and then you’re ready for the final step!
[puneet@localhost ~]$ su -
password : (type your root password)
Now go to the Location of the package.
[root@localhost ~]# cd /home/puneet/Desktop/package_name
Now we are in the Package Directory.
[root@localhost package_name] #
Now type the command below :
[root@localhost package_name] # make install
Congrats you’ve installed the software and you’re ready to run it!
but First you’d better get back your normal user privileges before you do something stupid.
[root@localhost package_name] # exit
When you ran make it created all sorts of files that were needed during the build process but are useless now and are just taking up disk space. This is why you’ll want to make clean:
[puneet@localhost package_name]$make clean.
Because in this example we didn’t change the behavior of the configure script, the program was installed in the default place. In many cases it’s /usr/local/bin. If /usr/local/bin (or whatever place your program was installed in) is already in your PATH, you can just run the program by typing its name only like i have did Below.
[puneet@localhost ~]programme_name
:)
enjoy
Happy tarballing :)
Uninstalling
if u don’t need any programme it’s the time to uninstall it .
If you didn’t delete your Makefile, you may be able to remove the program by doing a make uninstall:
Just Follow the steps below :
[puneet@localhost ~]$ su -
password : (type your root password)
Now go to the Location of the package.
[root@localhost ~]# cd /home/puneet/Desktop/package_name
[root@localhost package_name]#make uninstall
:)
