OK - I recently made the switch from being a lifelong Windows user to Linux. I am wanting to install some software that I downloaded. It was packaged as a “tar.bz2” file.
I can open this (or unzip it), but I am not sure what do with it from here. I do not see any kind of install file. There was a readme file, but it was not of any use.
Hmm, using a tar.gz ? are you sure you want to compile ? normally, YaST - software management is used for installing new software. Which piece of software are you trying to install ? Have a look at Webpin if you can’t find it in YaST -software management.If you still wish to compile the program,let us know what it is & we will see what we can do
OK - my wife wants me to install GIMP as a replacement for our VERY old version of Photoshop that we ran in windows.
I went to GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program (I think) and downloaded the file. It stored in my desktop folder, but I obviously don’t know what I am doing in Linux.
I switched from windows to Linux out of MAJOR frustrations with windows, and software issues related to windows. But in all of my frustrations, I haven’t really taken the time to learn how to effiecently run the Linux OS.
Cool, best thing to do, go to YaST- software management & type in gimp. it will appear in the right side menu.click on it to place a check-mark in the box.Then, at the bottom right,click on accept & the software manager will install it. You may be asked for the install disk that you used to install openSUSE,so have that handy
No it doesn’t matter. Except maybe it was a live cd rather than a DVD?
In Yast - Software Management
It should open in the search filter, just type: gimp
The Packages will show on the right
Installed packages have a tick in.