installing tar.gz, tar.gz.sig or rpm packages in mint
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RickWolf
installing tar.gz, tar.gz.sig or rpm packages in mint
i'm sure alot of you have had the same problem i have had at one time or another, not being able to find a debian package for a badly needed update or program for mint. i've been using mint 8 for about a year, and i don't know how many times i've run into this problem, but i am now using mint 9 on a laptop i just repaired, and again, i need an update for my clamav antivirus and all i can find at sourceforge are tar.gz and tar.gz.sig packages. sometimes rpm packages. do any of yall know if there is a program or app. for mint 9 that will allow me to install these types of packages in mint? maybe even something with a nice gui that has nothing to do with typing 5 million lines of commands in my terminal? i have never compiled lines of script to create a debian package from an rpm, tar.gz, etc, package to...i guess the term is cross-platform? and i would thoroughly love avoiding this at all costs.
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dawgdoc
Re: installing tar.gz, tar.gz.sig or rpm packages in mint
Many of the clam/clamav packages are available through Package Manager (Synaptic) installing from there may be the easiest route.
rpm packages -- An application named alien is available through Synaptic, its description is convert and install rpm and other packages
tar.gz -- if it is a theme, you do not unpack (unzip) these before using HERE
Otherwise in a terminal to unpack a .tar.gz file
If you are compiling from source, there are other commands after this which will be necessary. Check the readme file once you have unpacked the .tar.gz. AND, if you have a tar.bz2 file, the command is different.
This post by vrkalak has links to pages re: compiling from tar balls, installing from .bin, rpm and others.
rpm packages -- An application named alien is available through Synaptic, its description is convert and install rpm and other packages
tar.gz -- if it is a theme, you do not unpack (unzip) these before using HERE
Otherwise in a terminal to unpack a .tar.gz file
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tar xvfz filename.tar.gzThis post by vrkalak has links to pages re: compiling from tar balls, installing from .bin, rpm and others.
Re: installing tar.gz, tar.gz.sig or rpm packages in mint
As dawgdoc says, first port of call should be Synaptic Package Manager. Second, for me though is a file type you haven't mentioned, so I thought I'd mention .deb packages.
For Mint 9, if you can find the application, library etc. you need for ubuntu (10.04) Lucid Lynx, there's a very good chance you can install it with just a click (or double click if you're set up that way).
Also, you can usually open an archive (.tar, .tar.gz, ..bz2 etc.) by similarly clicking on it. Then click 'extract'.
I think trying to use Alien to convert .rpm to .deb would be a step too far at this stage.
For Mint 9, if you can find the application, library etc. you need for ubuntu (10.04) Lucid Lynx, there's a very good chance you can install it with just a click (or double click if you're set up that way).
Also, you can usually open an archive (.tar, .tar.gz, ..bz2 etc.) by similarly clicking on it. Then click 'extract'.
I think trying to use Alien to convert .rpm to .deb would be a step too far at this stage.