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Installing <emphasis>tarballs</emphasis>
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add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:558(title)
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Files with the <filename class="extension">.tar</filename>, <filename class="extension">.tgz</filename>, <filename class="extension">.tar.gz</filename> or <filename class="extension">.tar.bz2</filename> suffix are package files known as <emphasis>tarballs</emphasis>, and are widely used in Linux and Unix to package software. Tarballs can also be used to archive and compress other files.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:559(para)
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If there is no native Ubuntu package available in any of the Ubuntu repositories, you can use the command line to install or uninstall the tarball file.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:568(para)
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The first step will be to uncompress and extract the tarball. If it is a <emphasis>.tgz</emphasis> or a <emphasis>.tar.gz</emphasis>, in a Terminal enter: <screen>tar xfvz <replaceable>tarball_name</replaceable></screen>
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:573(para)
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Then it will be necessary to follow the instructions that come with the package. These are generally located in the extracted tarball in a file called <filename>README</filename> or <filename>INSTALL</filename>.
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add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:579(para)
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Tarballs often contain the source code of the program, and need to be <emphasis>compiled</emphasis> in order to be used.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:585(para)
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Compiling programs requires some packages that are not installed by default. You can install most of these all at once by installing the <application>build-essential</application> package.
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Install <filename class="extension">.run</filename> packages
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Sometimes you may need to install software (most often a game) which has been packaged as a .run file. These files contain the software and a small program to install the software.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:601(para)
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Follow the procedure below to install software packaged in a <filename class="extension">.run</filename> file:
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add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:606(para)
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