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Enabling a GUI for Software Installed from Tarballs?

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:40 pm
by dannytran1191
How do I enable a GUI for software installed from a tar.gz archive?

Re: Enabling a GUI for Software Installed from Tarballs?

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:19 pm
by passerby
If the installed software has a GUI, all you should need to do is run the program.
Find the directory where it's installed and run the program.
It may be installed in the directory you extracted from the tarball, or perhaps in /usr/bin. Depends on the program.