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On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Jack Oley wrote: > Can anybody tell me how I install a tar.gz package, please? I've got it in > my Dowloads folder; I open the terminal and enter the command, tar xfvz > eldy23.tar.gz and get the error, "Cannot open: No such file or directory". > Am I doing something incorrectly? Is there an easier / better way to > install a tar.gz file?? Thanks for any help. Jack. Did you 'go' to the Downloads folder in the terminal first by typing cd Downloads ? If you're not sure pwd gives you the folder you are 'in' and ls lists all files in that folder. You should see your .tar.gz file listed here. Hope that helps. Martijn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq