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From: "Michael L. Squires" <mikes@siralan.org>
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Subject: Re: How to install a tar.gz from console.
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> How do u install tar.gz packages from terminal.

cd <install-directory>
tar xvfz <tar.gz directory>/<file-name>.tar.gz

or am I missing something?

Mike Squires