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What am I supposed to do with .tar.gz? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Some projects only give you .tar.gz, what am I supposed to do with them? Is this what people call building from source? Am I supposed to move it to /opt and extract it in Debian based distros? Does this also work on Arch based ones?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (14 children)

Yes, this is building from source. You extract it and build it with whatever instructions come with it; there should be documentation from the git page or possibly in the tar.

You choose where to put it, but most distros have general spots they put it. You can also use the AUR if you use Arch by using pikaur or yay