RE: [cobalt-users] installing libraries

["Chris Demain" <cdemain@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

for foo.Z
# uncompress foo.Z

for foo.tar.gz
# tar zxvf foo.tar.gz
or
# gunzip foo.tar.gz | tar xvf -

for foo.zip
# unzip foo.zip

This last one may or may not be installed.  On my Red Hat 7.2 system, it's
/usr/bin/unzip which is provided by unzip-5.40-2
(rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/unzip)

I know that the XTR and RaQ 4's are based on RHL ... but I have no idea
about the others.
Also be wary when installing RPMs that archetecture matters.  Earlier RaQs
are MIPS-based, and may not have RPMs available.


HTH,
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of brain_damaged
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 9:38 AM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] installing libraries


Hello,
I am new to my raq2 and to linux in general. so new you can still smell the
shrink wrap.
Anyhow I want to install a program called w3perl.
It needs the program gd , libpng and zlib installed to make it work.

libpng has a linux version but its zipped. I thought
that linux/unix used tar.gz files ? how do I unzip it ?
{http://www.w3perl.com/fly/index.html}

zlib has a tar.gz version. [http://www.gzip.org/zlib/] and does not say
whether its a unix/linux or what version.

I also do not know the linux directory structure so not sure where i would
install. like /usr/local/lib ?

thanks
bd

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