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can anybody give me simple instructions on how to unpack and then install this type of file. i have read some stuff like cd packagename-- xfz packagename --./configure
make
make install
all this ok but when i try to do all this i get command error and then im stuck.
thanks

There are no simple instructions.
Here is a start: https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/add-applic ... -file.html
If you find this too much of an effort you can search for .deb packages on the internet. Because Ubuntu is based on Debian most packages will work with a few tweaks or a bit of effort resolving dependency issues.Compiling tarballs from source is no easy task.
Here are a few sources to get you started:
http://www.getdeb.net/
http://debian-multimedia.org/
http://www.debian.org/

witblits1970 wrote:can anybody give me simple instructions on how to unpack and then install this type of file. i have read some stuff like cd packagename-- xfz packagename --./configure
make
make install
all this ok but when i try to do all this i get command error and then im stuck.
thanks

Gonna have to give us a clue as to what package your working with specifically.

Gonna have to give us a clue as to what package your working with specifically

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i have a hotmail account and they have recently changes some settings for accessing the site. i have to download a file so i can install it and have the full operation back to normal. when i dl it i can choose to save it to desktop or i can open it with archive manager. either way i can not install the file with the tar.bz2 ending. the update is for firefox 3.0.3.


thanks

If it is an add on for Firefox it should be a .xpi extension. Download the file and save it to your desktop. Unpack it and see what is inside. i.e. If you download the flash player from adobe, it is a .tar.gz file which is compressed like .rar or .zip in Windows. What you are looking for inside that compressed file is a .so file which you then copy to your plugin folder of your web browser. Once you unpack(using archive manager) there should be some sort of instruction to install what you need. In a lot of cases it is just putting the correct file in the correct place in your file system. In this case it would be a plugin folder for Firefox. If this is not the case you might contact your hotmail account people and ask them what their problem is. Explain you use LInux and ask them if there is a .deb file you can get somewhere.

thanks, ill ask hotmail for a .deb file if one is available! i dont think this file is anything other than a tar file. ill dl it again and extract it to my desktop and see if i can do anything with it from there.

You will need to go to the directory that you extract it to within a terminal and then issue commands to start a perl script or something of that nature. Something like the following:
perl .Fixit.PL
make test
make install

once again, without seeing your file I can't give you exact directions cause I don't know what kind of files are in it Can you throw a link up to the down load page atleast so I can download it and see?

You might also look here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7

i managed to get a script from the ubuntu forums and it is now sorted. i still have no idea hoe to do thois as i copied and pasted the entire script in terminal and it is done. thanks anyhow.