unpacking a tar-file

[Marco]

marco@Ubuntu:~$ sudo tar -zxvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
Password:
tar: firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz: Kan niet open: Onbekend bestand of map
tar: Fout is niet herstelbaar: er wordt nu afgesloten
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Afsluitcode uitgesteld na eerdere fouten
marco@Ubuntu:~$ cd /home/mneudorfer/Downloads
marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo tar -xvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz

After this command the tar file is being unpacked:

firefox/
firefox/.autoreg
etc........until:
firefox/updater
firefox/readme.txt
firefox/removed-files

Then i must go wrong. This is what i did:

marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure
bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder

Or:

mnarco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure firefox
bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder

What commands should i give now?

Marco

[Bud]

Marco wrote:

>
> After this command the tar file is being unpacked:
>
> firefox/
> firefox/.autoreg
> etc........until:
> firefox/updater
> firefox/readme.txt
> firefox/removed-files
>
> Then i must go wrong. This is what i did:
>
> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure
> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>
> Or:
>
> mnarco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure firefox
> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>
> What commands should i give now?
>
> Marco

Well you downloaded and untared the file so read the readme file.

--
"I never fail to convince an audience that the best thing they could do
was to go away."
I'm going back to windoze, too many dammed options with linux ;)
-- Blumf

[Clay]

Marco wrote:

> marco@Ubuntu:~$ sudo tar -zxvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
> Password:
> tar: firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz: Kan niet open: Onbekend bestand of map
> tar: Fout is niet herstelbaar: er wordt nu afgesloten
> tar: Child returned status 2
> tar: Afsluitcode uitgesteld na eerdere fouten
> marco@Ubuntu:~$ cd /home/mneudorfer/Downloads
> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo tar -xvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>
> After this command the tar file is being unpacked:
>
> firefox/
> firefox/.autoreg
> etc........until:
> firefox/updater
> firefox/readme.txt
> firefox/removed-files
>
> Then i must go wrong. This is what i did:
>
> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure
> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>
> Or:
>
> mnarco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure firefox
> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>
> What commands should i give now?
>
> Marco

Maybe this will help?
[url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=151179&highlight=firefox[/url]

[Marco]

Clay schreef:

> Marco wrote:
>

>> marco@Ubuntu:~$ sudo tar -zxvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>> Password:
>> tar: firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz: Kan niet open: Onbekend bestand of map
>> tar: Fout is niet herstelbaar: er wordt nu afgesloten
>> tar: Child returned status 2
>> tar: Afsluitcode uitgesteld na eerdere fouten
>> marco@Ubuntu:~$ cd /home/mneudorfer/Downloads
>> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo tar -xvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>>
>> After this command the tar file is being unpacked:
>>
>> firefox/
>> firefox/.autoreg
>> etc........until:
>> firefox/updater
>> firefox/readme.txt
>> firefox/removed-files
>>
>> Then i must go wrong. This is what i did:
>>
>> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure
>> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>>
>> Or:
>>
>> mnarco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure firefox
>> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>>
>> What commands should i give now?
>>
>> Marco

>
>
> Maybe this will help?
> [url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=151179&highlight=firefox[/url]

That did help, but i still don't know what is wrong with the commands i
gave. It seems nobody can answer that question since this is about the
fourth time i'm asking it over the past few months.
But thanks for the link. I've got firefox 1.5.0.3 installed now and it
is much faster than the previous version!

Marco

[Clay]

Marco wrote:

> Clay schreef:

>> Marco wrote:
>>

>>> marco@Ubuntu:~$ sudo tar -zxvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>>> Password:
>>> tar: firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz: Kan niet open: Onbekend bestand of map
>>> tar: Fout is niet herstelbaar: er wordt nu afgesloten
>>> tar: Child returned status 2
>>> tar: Afsluitcode uitgesteld na eerdere fouten
>>> marco@Ubuntu:~$ cd /home/mneudorfer/Downloads
>>> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo tar -xvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>>>
>>> After this command the tar file is being unpacked:
>>>
>>> firefox/
>>> firefox/.autoreg
>>> etc........until:
>>> firefox/updater
>>> firefox/readme.txt
>>> firefox/removed-files
>>>
>>> Then i must go wrong. This is what i did:
>>>
>>> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure
>>> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>>>
>>> Or:
>>>
>>> mnarco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure firefox
>>> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>>>
>>> What commands should i give now?
>>>
>>> Marco

>>
>>
>> Maybe this will help?
>> [url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=151179&highlight=firefox[/url]

>
> That did help, but i still don't know what is wrong with the commands i
> gave. It seems nobody can answer that question since this is about the
> fourth time i'm asking it over the past few months.
> But thanks for the link. I've got firefox 1.5.0.3 installed now and it
> is much faster than the previous version!
>
> Marco

there's a couple tweaks you can make it even faster if you're on broadband.
[url]http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=179540&highlight=firefox[/url]

[Centurion]

Marco wrote:

> Clay schreef:

>> Marco wrote:
>>

>>> marco@Ubuntu:~$ sudo tar -zxvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>>> Password:
>>> tar: firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz: Kan niet open: Onbekend bestand of map
>>> tar: Fout is niet herstelbaar: er wordt nu afgesloten
>>> tar: Child returned status 2
>>> tar: Afsluitcode uitgesteld na eerdere fouten
>>> marco@Ubuntu:~$ cd /home/mneudorfer/Downloads
>>> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo tar -xvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>>>
>>> After this command the tar file is being unpacked:
>>>
>>> firefox/
>>> firefox/.autoreg
>>> etc........until:
>>> firefox/updater
>>> firefox/readme.txt
>>> firefox/removed-files
>>>
>>> Then i must go wrong. This is what i did:
>>>
>>> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure
>>> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>>>
>>> Or:
>>>
>>> mnarco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure firefox
>>> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>>>
>>> What commands should i give now?
>>>
>>> Marco

>>
>>
>> Maybe this will help?
>> [url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=151179&highlight=firefox[/url]

>
> That did help, but i still don't know what is wrong with the commands i
> gave. It seems nobody can answer that question since this is about the
> fourth time i'm asking it over the past few months.

OK, here's the answer:
The "configure" script is INSIDE the "firefox" directory. So you downloaded
the tar file in ~/Downloads and then unpacked it (as root - why?!), you
then tried to run the "configure" script from ~/Downloads.

You should change to the "firefox" directory BEFORE running the configure
script, ie, "cd firefox ; ./configure".

Here's some general tips for compiling ANYTHING from source (ie, tar ball):
1. Download as a normal user (wget/curl/ftp etc)
2. Unpack as a normal user (tar -zxvf <foo>.tgz.gz etc)
3. Configure as a normal user (./configure)
4. Compile as a normal user (make etc)
5. Install as root (sudo make install, or sudo checkinstall)

Have a look at the "checkinstall" package. It is a substitute for the "make
install" step and generates a debian/ubuntu package. This makes management
of stuff compiled from source MUCH easier.

Hope this answers your question :)

Cheers,

James
--
BOFH excuse #387:
Your computer's union contract is set to expire at midnight.

[Simon Jones]

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:29:14 +0200, Marco mumbled:

> marco@Ubuntu:~$ sudo tar -zxvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
> Password:
> tar: firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz: Kan niet open: Onbekend bestand of map
> tar: Fout is niet herstelbaar: er wordt nu afgesloten
> tar: Child returned status 2
> tar: Afsluitcode uitgesteld na eerdere fouten
> marco@Ubuntu:~$ cd /home/mneudorfer/Downloads
> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo tar -xvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>
> After this command the tar file is being unpacked:
>
> firefox/
> firefox/.autoreg
> etc........until:
> firefox/updater
> firefox/readme.txt
> firefox/removed-files
>
> Then i must go wrong. This is what i did:
>
> marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure
> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>
> Or:
>
> mnarco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure firefox
> bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>
> What commands should i give now?
>
> Marco

Remove the sudo from the initial tar and I reckon you can just run firefox
from the directory just created?
--
Simon.
================================================== ===================
"Back up my hard disk ? I can't find the reverse switch !"
================================================== ===================

[Marco]

Centurion schreef:

> Marco wrote:
>
>

>>Clay schreef:
>>

>>>Marco wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>marco@Ubuntu:~$ sudo tar -zxvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>>>>Password:
>>>>tar: firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz: Kan niet open: Onbekend bestand of map
>>>>tar: Fout is niet herstelbaar: er wordt nu afgesloten
>>>>tar: Child returned status 2
>>>>tar: Afsluitcode uitgesteld na eerdere fouten
>>>>marco@Ubuntu:~$ cd /home/mneudorfer/Downloads
>>>>marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo tar -xvf firefox-1.5.0.4.tar.gz
>>>>
>>>>After this command the tar file is being unpacked:
>>>>
>>>>firefox/
>>>>firefox/.autoreg
>>>>etc........until:
>>>>firefox/updater
>>>>firefox/readme.txt
>>>>firefox/removed-files
>>>>
>>>>Then i must go wrong. This is what i did:
>>>>
>>>>marco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure
>>>>bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>>>>
>>>>Or:
>>>>
>>>>mnarco@Ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./configure firefox
>>>>bash: ./configure: Unknown file or folder
>>>>
>>>>What commands should i give now?
>>>>
>>>>Marco
>>>
>>>
>>>Maybe this will help?
>>>[url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=151179&highlight=firefox[/url]

>>
>>That did help, but i still don't know what is wrong with the commands i
>>gave. It seems nobody can answer that question since this is about the
>>fourth time i'm asking it over the past few months.

>
>
> OK, here's the answer:
> The "configure" script is INSIDE the "firefox" directory. So you downloaded
> the tar file in ~/Downloads and then unpacked it (as root - why?!), you
> then tried to run the "configure" script from ~/Downloads.
>
> You should change to the "firefox" directory BEFORE running the configure
> script, ie, "cd firefox ; ./configure".
>
> Here's some general tips for compiling ANYTHING from source (ie, tar ball):
> 1. Download as a normal user (wget/curl/ftp etc)
> 2. Unpack as a normal user (tar -zxvf <foo>.tgz.gz etc)
> 3. Configure as a normal user (./configure)
> 4. Compile as a normal user (make etc)
> 5. Install as root (sudo make install, or sudo checkinstall)
>
> Have a look at the "checkinstall" package. It is a substitute for the "make
> install" step and generates a debian/ubuntu package. This makes management
> of stuff compiled from source MUCH easier.
>
> Hope this answers your question :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> James

Now i know what i did wrong and how to do it right. Thanks very much!

Marco