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 | | From: | pdias40 | | Subject: | Install Putty for linux | | Date: | 11 Jan 2005 01:38:02 -0800 |
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 | Hello all,
I have donloaded Putty for linux, version 0.56. I have taken the tar.gz
file. I have extract it into a "normal file", but what now? I can I
install it?
Please. Someone help me. I am already trying for a while and my boss is
in "top of me", and I really do not know more what to do.
Tanks in advance,
Best regards to all
Paulo Dias
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| | From: | Ben Harris | | Subject: | Re: Install Putty for linux | | Date: | 14 Jan 2005 13:49:21 GMT |
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| In article <1105436282.379033.167580@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
pdias40 wrote:
>I have donloaded Putty for linux, version 0.56. I have taken the tar.gz
>file. I have extract it into a "normal file", but what now? I can I
>install it?
If you've extracted it you should have a directory which contains, among
other things, a README file. I'd suggest that you read it.
--
Ben Harris
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| | From: | SanctimoniousApe | | Subject: | Re: Install Putty for linux | | Date: | 21 Jan 2005 17:51:02 -0800 |
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| Your message is lacking in specifics, however it sounds like you
decompressed the file, but didn't extract the archive. Unlike ZIP
files you may be used to from "that other OS", *.tar.gz (or *.tgz files
when abbreviated) require a two-step extraction process.
1. You need to decompress the gzipped file (which is what it sounds
like you've already done) with this command:
gzip -d file.tar.gz
2. This will leave you with a single *.tar archive file - this file
contains all the separate little files that make up the program
archive. You probably want to be in a separate, otherwise empty
directory made expecially for this archive. Extract the files from the
archive like so:
tar xfv file.tar
More recent versions of tar allow you to do both of the steps above at
once with (yes - you just add an extra 'z'):
tar xfvz file.tar.gz
This may or may not work depending upon the version of the 'tar'
program available to you. There are ways of dealing with that
situation, but I think I should avoid adding to your confusion.
The reasons for this two-step process would take too long to explain
accurately - just suffice it to say that when you get to understand
*NIX better, you'll probably see that it's more powerful and flexible
to do it this way.
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