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Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?
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Travis |
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Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ? |
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Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:27:10 -0800 |
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Shochat" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?
> Travis wrote:
>> Can I download it to the desktop?
> Yes, you can download it wherever you like (that you have write access to).
>> Would that be pan-0.133.tar.bz2 or pan-0.133.tar.gz?
>>
> Either one. The .bz2 should be slightly smaller, so I generally go with
> that.
>> How do I untar it?
>>
> First I'll assume that you did download the tarball to the Desktop. Now
> cd to the place where you want to unpack it. This too can be anywhere
> you like, that you have write-access to. For example, say you created a
> directory under your home directory named "build". Then you'd "cd to it"
> i.e., you would type, in the terminal window:
>
> cd ~/build
>
> Now if you chose the .bz2 option, your next command would be:
>
> tar -xvjf ~/Desktop/pan-0.133.tar.bz2
>
> If you chose the .gz option, it would be, instead:
>
> tar -xvzf ~/Desktop/pan-0.133.tar.bz2
>
> This will create the directory pan-0.133 (and lots of stuff under that).
>> If by "running the various commands" you mean things like "apt-get"
>> from a terminal , that is what I have been doing.
>> What is "cd into it"?
>>
> Well, "it" in my example would be ~/build/pan-0.133 (or
> $HOME/build/pan-0.133, same thing) so that would mean typing the
> following at the shell prompt (in the terminal):
>
> cd ~/build/pan-0.133
>
> cd means "change directory". So when you "cd to" a directory, you are
> making it your current working directory.
I have the pan .tar.gz on the Desktop but when I do the command "tar -xvzf
~/Desktop/pan-0.133.tar.bz2" from the address@hidden:~/Build$ in Terminal I get
"Cannot open: No such file or directory" etc, etc.
--
Travis in Shoreline Washington
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, (continued)
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, David Shochat, 2008/12/07
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Travis, 2008/12/07
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Kurt Schilling, 2008/12/07
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Joe Zeff, 2008/12/07
- [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Duncan, 2008/12/07
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, David Shochat, 2008/12/07
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Joe Zeff, 2008/12/07
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, David Shochat, 2008/12/07
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Joe Zeff, 2008/12/07
- [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Duncan, 2008/12/07
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?,
Travis <=
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Steven D'Aprano, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Travis, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Steven D'Aprano, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Travis, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Steven D'Aprano, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Travis, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Joe Zeff, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Travis, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Rinaldi J. Montessi, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Travis, 2008/12/14