[TriLUG] tar help?

[WA Brown]

I dont have the basics of linux. I have all kinds of books and read a world 
full but nowhere can I find a step by step.


WA Brown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Sutton" <william at trilug.org>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?


> Did you remember to
>
> ./configure <options>
>
> before make'ing? :)
>
> -- 
> William Sutton
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, WA Brown wrote:
>
>> I need a little help. I cannot get a tar.gz to install. I have fought 
>> this
>> and its whipped me. Can someone help?
>>
>> I can unzip it and unpack the tarball but thats as far as I can go. I 
>> cannot
>> get it to install. I have tried "make" and it says there is nothing to 
>> do. I
>> have never really understood how to do this. Couls someone give me a step 
>> by
>> step instructions? I am trying to install mpg123 on Fedora Core5.
>>
>> WA Brown
>>
>>
>>
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