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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] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

And why do you want to install windows software on linux? Foxit Reader is a pdf viewer there are a lot of linux native applications https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PDF,_PS_and_DjVu i use zathura. Don't use wine ...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Foxit Reader provides a tarball for Linux, I don't want to install that with WineGUI, and what if I wanted to? I didn't came here for someone to give me a lecture about libre software, I know how it works. It's his first time into Linux, if he wants to install shitty fucking Foxit Reader I'll do it, as long as he doesn't switch back to shitdows. BTW he wants it because allows for PDF edition and also allows to insert images and text within the highlights.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Well, if it's a Foxit Reader tar.gz, that's hardly going to be the source code. Just extract it into some directory and see if there's a file in there to start it (probably called something like "foxit-reader").

If that works, I would recommend moving the extracted folder to /opt and then making it available in the application menu. Some desktops, e.g. KDE Plasma, have a GUI to edit the applications. If you don't have that, you'll have to manually create a .desktop file: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_entries

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Sorry i didn't realize you want both software. There is also an AUR Package for foxit https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=foxitreader and the package maintainer will update the package. Or you can

wget https://cdn09.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/linux/2.x/2.4/en_us/FoxitReader.enu.setup.2.4.4.0911.x64.run.tar.gz
tar xfz FoxitReader.enu.setup.2.4.4.0911.x64.run.tar.gz
./FoxitReader.enu.setup.2.4.4.0911(r057d814).x64.run then you have a GUI installer for foxitreader

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

BTW he wants it because allows for PDF edition and also allows to insert images and text within the highlights.

I think Okular can insert images and text within highlights and LibreOffice Draw can edit PDFs.

Apart from that, it's OK to want specific Windows software on Linux, they just asked why and misunderstood that you want the Linux version, not install it through WINE. If you had provided links to the software you want to install that would have been clearer.