installing unstopcp.gz

[elmo]

Michael R. Head wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 19:48 -0500, elmo wrote:
>   
>> It's been so long since I last installed a tarred  file that I've 
>> forgotten how to do it.  That's what you get
>> when you rely solely on apt and synaptic package manager for all 
>> installations.
>>
>> I have "unstopcp.gz"  waiting in /home/elmo.   What do I do to install 
>> "unstopcp" ?
>>     
>
> Depends. If unstopcp.gz is a compressed file containing an executable
> (unstopcp), then just do:
>  gunzip unstopcp.gz
>  chmod a+x unstopcp
>  ./unstopcp
>
> If it's not, then who knows? If it's actually unstopcp.tgz, then usually
> you would do:
>  tar zxvf unstopcp.tgz
>  cd unstopcp
>
> At this point you'd either "./configure; make; sudo make install" or run
> unstopcp (depending on if it's just a source tarball or a binary).
>
>   


 gunzip unstopcp.gz
 chmod a+x unstopcp
 ./unstopcp

This did it, loud and clear...so easy when you know how.

Thank you, 


>> elmo
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