how to install tar.gz in ubuntu
Download the desired .tar.gz or (.tar.bz2) file
Open Terminal
Extract the .tar.gz or (.tar.bz2) file with the following commands
tar xvzf PACKAGENAME.tar.gz
tar xvjf PACKAGENAME.tar.bz2
Navigate to the extracted folder using cd command
cd PACKAGENAME
Now run the following command to install the tarball
./configure
make
sudo make installis tgz the same as tar.gz
They are identical.
I think in the old package repo days,
.tgz was used because files on DOS floppies could only have three letter
extensions. When this limitation was removed,
.tar.gz was used to be more verbose by showing both the archive type (tar)
and zipper (gzip).tar.gz files
tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-fileCopyright © 2021 Codeinu
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