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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 16:25:09 -0800 |
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven D'Aprano" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 16:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:27:10 am Travis wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> The z option to tar is for .tar.gz and .tgz files, which are compressed
> by the program gzip. You're using a .tar.bz2 file, which is compressed
> by bzip2, so you need the j option. Try:
>
> tar -xvjf ~/Desktop/pan-0.133.tar.bz2
I have .tar.gz and did just did what David Shochat said to do.
> Travis, I assume you're a little inexperienced with the Linux command
> line, so I'll give you a couple of hints that may help in the future:
>
> * The options mean:
> x = extract
> v = verbose (prints what it is doing)
> j = pass the file through bzip2 for decompression first
> f = use the file named next
Little inexperienced is an understatement.
Why would I want to print what I am doing?
> * You don't need to type the long file name, which is error prone. As
> you type the command, when you get to pan- hit the TAB key on your
> keyboard and the shell will try to auto-complete the file name. (Of
> course you can copy and paste it too.)
I'm reading these instructions on my Windows desktop and trying things on
another desktop so copy and paste is
not an option.
> * "tar --help" and "man tar" (without the quotes) will give you lots of
> information about tar. Possibly too much :)
>
> * If you're running a modern version of Linux with a decent GUI like KDE
> or Gnome, you should be able to just double-click the file to get a
> nice GUI application to extract the files. The command line is more
> powerful and flexible, except when it's not, but for a single file
> there's nothing wrong with using a GUI.
I'm running Ubuntu 8.10.
--
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 ?, 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, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Steven D'Aprano, 2008/12/14
- 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 ?, 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
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Joe Zeff, 2008/12/14
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Travis, 2008/12/14