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Old 01-26-2007
Lightbulb I need help getting my tar.gz files to execute
I am having trouble getting my Tar.gz file to execute. I do the following
tar -zxvf firefox-2.0.0.1.tar.gz at the terminal once installed I can not get the firefox Icon or bin to execute. I do not know how to configure the path to get it to work. It places the folder under the /root/usr/local/bin. But will not execute. I tried linking the two bin and still dosent work. It also dosent place the firefox bin under the local usr bin. Help please.
# 2  
Old 01-26-2007
It should place everything in /usr/lib/firefox. Then you should be able to run /usr/lib/firefox/firefox. Note that this is just a shell wrapper around the firefox-bin executable. I'm using FC4. YMMV.
# 3  
Old 01-27-2007
have you used "gunzip" before "tar" on the file? "tar *.tar.gz" dosen't work...
# 4  
Old 01-28-2007
Lightbulb File
I will give it a try. Thanks
# 5  
Old 01-29-2007
Quote:
have you used "gunzip" before "tar" on the file? "tar *.tar.gz" dosen't work...
The "z" option with GNU tar should filter the file through gzip... so that shouldn't have anything to do with the error... it should still unpack the tar.gz file.

From my man page on tar ( GNU tar ):
Code:
       -z, --gzip, --gunzip, --ungzip
              filter the archive through gzip

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Old 01-29-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by nathan
The "z" option with GNU tar should filter the file through gzip... so that shouldn't have anything to do with the error... it should still unpack the tar.gz file.

From my man page on tar ( GNU tar ):
Code:
       -z, --gzip, --gunzip, --ungzip
              filter the archive through gzip

i'm on solaris and there is no -z option in tar. but thnax for the information!
# 7  
Old 01-29-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by nathan
It should place everything in /usr/lib/firefox.
It won't, they will have to be moved there. By default, GNU tar strips the leading / from absolute pathnames.
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