[olug] tar / install

[Jeff Hinrichs]

My best guess is to run the install.sh as SU from where you expanded it.
  http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-06/potm_01.html

For future reference, you could have saved yourself some finger time by
just using
  tar -zxvf filename
instead of gunzip/tar.  -z gunzips the archive and then untars it.

-jeff

roger schmeits said:
> I have downloaded apachetoolbox as a tar.gz package. One item that has
> always confused the hell out of me is where do I install this package??
>
> So far I have
> gunzip packagename.tar.gz
> tar -xvf pachagename.tar
> expands it into my home directory called
> /home/schmeits/Apachetoolbox-1.5.61
>
>
> Do I leave it there and run ./install.sh or do I place the
> Apachetoolbox-1.5.61 in /usr/local/src ????
>
>
> Huh? Scratching head very dumb and puzzled look (as if that is the first
> time)  .......
>
>
> Roger
>
>
>
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