You want to include the z in the command like this: tar xvfz filename.tar.gz Tar is a wonderfull thing. Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 9:08 AM Subject: Re: trplayer and realplayer Hi Shaun. Thanks for the clarification. To the rest of the listers, got a question. How do you know ahead of time that a tar archive will create its own directory? Because I can see myself making the following mistake over and over again if there is no way to pre-determine his information: I untar some package that I obtained from ftp.somewhere.com. I untar the archive in my home dir thinking it will create its own directory when I do tar xvf archive.tar.gz, but unfortunately it doesn't! So the archive goes into my homedir, and I have to make another dir for it and move the files from that archive into the new dir. Is there any way to pre-determine whether or not a tar archive will create its own directory before you extract the package? ----- Original Message ----- From: Shaun Oliver <shauno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:28 AM Subject: Re: trplayer and realplayer > On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > Hi Shaun. I will be doing this thing with trplayer sometime in the future, so I figured I would try to clarify one point here. When you copy the libs to /usr/lib and the untar the trplayer archive, doesn't it create its own directory? Or does trplayer come in source? Because then your point about installing the binary makes sense, because you have to compile the source. But if it is just a binary, you should just be able to extract it from the archive and you can just run it from there? Just wanted to know whether or not the trplayer package was archived as source or as a binary. > ok. here's the deal. > the trplayer package is a binary which is dynamicly linked to the > realplayer8 libs which u need to untar to your /usr/lib directory. the > libs are also pre compiled so u don't need to build any sources. > just unter the libs to /usr/lib and install the trplayer binary and then > issue this command. > trplayer http://your.favouritestream.here > and just sit back and relax. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Shaun Oliver <shauno at goanna.net.au> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 7:48 AM > > Subject: Re: trplayer and realplayer > > > > > > > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Deedra Waters wrote: > > > > > > > hmm, ok, I must be doing something wrong. I got the realplayer thing off > > > > of the ftp websight like shawn said. the readme file has no instructions > > > > on how to install it at all. only thing I can really guess at, is that I > > > > don't need to install anything then for it? > > > no. all you need to do is copy the libs to /usr/lib and then tar zxvf the > > > archive and you're set. > > > then install the trplayer binary and it's all done. > > > hth > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > qShaun Oliver > > > > > > > > > > Marriage is a three ring circus: > > > > > engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. > > > > > -- Roger Price > > > > > > > > > > Email: shauno at goanna.net.au > > > > > Icq: 76958435 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > qShaun Oliver > > > > > > Marriage is a three ring circus: > > > engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. > > > -- Roger Price > > > > > > Email: shauno at goanna.net.au > > > Icq: 76958435 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > qShaun Oliver > > Marriage is a three ring circus: > engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. > -- Roger Price > > Email: shauno at goanna.net.au > Icq: 76958435 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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