how do you install tar files

sonicbhoc · Post by **sonicbhoc** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:59 pm

tar is installed in EVERY distribution of linux by default. It is a required tool for, well, everything.

If by some odd chance you don't have it, it should install automatically if you use Synaptic. You shouldn't download software off of the Internet - use Synaptic and make it grab software for you. Or, you could use Adept since it is already installed. But I recommend that you install Synaptic and use that.

Just install the new nvidia driver package from Synaptic/Adept and run nvidia-xconfig.

sonicbhoc · Post by **sonicbhoc** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:24 pm

No, you should never have to open .tar files.

Are you using the KDE edition? Click the menu and click "add and remove programs". Then, search for "nvidia" and install nvidia-new. Don't go to the nvidia website to download software. Only use either Synaptic or Adept to add and remove software. Using other sources could damage your computer...

sonicbhoc · Post by **sonicbhoc** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:46 pm

alright. let me actually get the list of packages up, and I'll guide you step-by-step on how to do this using Adept.

1. Click the menu and click Add and Remove Programs to start Adept.
2. search for nvidia
3. install nvidia-glx-new.
4. run this command:

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sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --allow-ddcci --allow-glx-with-composite --composite --damage-events --load-kernel-module --logo --mode=1280x1024 --render-extension --use-edid-freqs

If you want to see what all that stuff does:
http://linux.die.net/man/1/nvidia-xconfig
has all the information. You can change the "mode" parameter to whatever you like, but I have my screens running at 1280x1024 most of the time.

When you're done, logout and press CTRL+ALT+Backspace and, if you did it right, there should be a pretty new nvidia logo on your screen. If you don't like the logo, change the above configuration to say "--nologo" instead of "--logo".

linuxviolin · Post by **linuxviolin** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:55 pm

jb14813 wrote:.tar is a file type i need to install a file that is a .tar type file

tar is a "utility used to store, backup and transport files." It is intalled by default normally so you should not have problems to use it...

sonicbhoc · Post by **sonicbhoc** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:57 pm

You know what? GUIs suck.

Open the program called Konsole in the menu.

copy and paste following things in order (in Konsole paste is shift+insert):

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new synaptic

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sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --allow-ddcci --allow-glx-with-composite --composite --damage-events --load-kernel-module --logo --mode=1280x1024 --render-extension --use-edid-freqs

Also, try using Synaptic instead of Adept for package management. It's search function should get you by quite nicely.

EDIT:
Forgot the sudo. sudo is required for all installation and uninstallation commands.

Seriously, though, try synaptic if envy is too complex for you.

linuxviolin · Post by **linuxviolin** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:00 pm

jb14813 why you don't use Envy for installing nvidia drivers?

sonicbhoc · Post by **sonicbhoc** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:02 pm

linuxviolin wrote:jb14813 why you don't use Envy for installing nvidia drivers?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NO.

The last time I used that tool, it destroyed my entire system. Don't use it. just install the nvidia driver and use nvidia-xconfig. It does the same thing as far as I can tell, and it won't destroy your system.

sonicbhoc · Post by **sonicbhoc** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:11 pm

oops. You have to use sudo for all apt-get commands. Check my above post, I've fixed it. (hit reload a few times to see it)

linuxviolin · Post by **linuxviolin** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:15 pm

sonicbhoc wrote:The last time I used that tool, it destroyed my entire system

Ah? Sorry for you but Envy is good. Maybe there was another problem for this destruction...

sonicbhoc · Post by **sonicbhoc** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:36 pm

@linuxviolin: Nope. Envy has messed up other people's systems, too.

It was a fresh install, so it couldn't have been any modifications I made to the system.

Installing the driver through synaptic is guaranteed to work, whereas scripts can fail.

And using that nvidia-xconfig command, beryl, compiz or the far superior compiz-fusion should all work right out of the box.

@jacob: yeah, they worked. But, you have to close synaptic and adept (add and remove programs) to use apt-get to install software. So close them, and try to install nvidia-glx-new and synaptic again. But you don't need to run the nvidia-xconfig thing again.