kilimanjaro Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I just downloaded audacity and I have no idea on how to install it. I went to install package and it couldn't find it. It is in a tgz format ? I guess . audacity-src-1.0.0-2.tgz this is what the name of the download is. How do I install this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 First you need to extract the file. To do this, open a terminal and cd to the directory that the file is located in. Then type tar -xzvf audacity-src-1.0.0-2.tgz This will extract the file into its own folder (probably named audacity-src-1.0.0-2). cd to that directory and read the INSTALL or README file. This will tell you if there's anything different about the install. Typically it's: ./configure make then su to root and: make install Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilimanjaro Posted September 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I don't know how to do what you are telling me. I don't know what directory it is in, but it is in the updates folder. I don't know very much about mandrake yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilimanjaro Posted September 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I managed to extract it with ARK, and it is now in a folder, but I don't know what to do from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kuchwas Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I managed to extract it with ARK, and it is now in a folder, but I don't know what to do from here. Download the RPM ftp://mandrakeusers.com/pub/Mandrake/stab...-11mdk.i586.rpm and install it with RPMDrake! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 If you have it extracted, do you know where the folder is? If so, open up a console window. Say it's located in /home/kilimanjaro/updates/audacity Type cd updates/audacity and hit enter Then type ./configure Assuming that finishes with no errors, then type make Once that is done, also assuming there are no errors, type su and hit enter then enter yout root password and hit enter again then type make install and hit enter. This will install the program for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilimanjaro Posted September 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 LiquidZoo It says no such file or directory this is where the file is /home/kilimanjaro/updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilimanjaro Posted September 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 kuchwas I don't have all of the dependent files for the rpm, I don't really know where to go to get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 LiquidZoo It says no such file or directory this is where the file is /home/kilimanjaro/updates Ok, if that's where it is located, is that where you unzipped it to? If you haven't unzipped it yet, type cd updates in your terminal Then follow the directions above and type tar -xzvf audacity-src-1.0.0-2.tgz once that finishes, type cd a and hit the tab key (tabbed completion will become your friend :wink: ) This will give you the audacity folder (hopefully) and the audacity .tgz file as a choice. Just hit enter to go into the folder then do the configure steps from above. I don't have all of the dependent files for the rpm, I don't really know where to go to get them. You're probably going to run into this problem again. To get the dependencies, su to root and type urpmi <filename> to get the files. There is a great FAQ on how to add sources to your urpmi here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilimanjaro Posted September 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 I'm not sure what I am supposed to be doing. I got to the part where I type cd a and hit tab, it gave a couple of different options. I went with audacity-src-1.0.0-2.tgz and it replied not a directory. I have to leave in about 10 minutes will you be here later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 There should be an option that says audacity-src-1.0.0-2 That one will be the directory. I should be on here all night. If you can't reach me, I'm sure anyone else will help you too. You can also get ahold of me in the IRC channel, info is in my sig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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