How do I install a .tar.gz file?

Asked Jun 22 '17 at 07:41

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I have the file eclipse-inst-linux64.tar.gz of the URL :

I want install it in my ubuntu But I don't know how to install it. How do I install in ubuntu?

asked Jun 22 '17 at 07:41

simon

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first use ark to decompress it. – ravery Jun 22 '17 at 07:43
tar.gz is a tarball.
it's like a 'zip' file; but in an older *nix way.

the gz tells you its gzip'd & tar tells you its multiple files tarballed into a single file suitable for writing to tape etc. the unix way was do one thing & do it well; so one command compressed (bzip, gzip being different types of compression) & another combined (tarball)

expand & then you'll see the readme & other files, and can install. it can be done from command prompt, or a tool such as @ravery said. I'll not go further as covered elsewhere as Sumeet Deshmukh said
– guiverc Jun 22 '17 at 08:40
https://askubuntu.com/questions/695382/how-to-install-eclipse-using-its-installer – simon Jun 22 '17 at 17:14

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