HOW to compile / install / make install any .tar.gz easily?

[MADMAX]

Hi there guys!

I'm very new to Linux, a couple of days...Puppy 2.02 is great but since I am new to linux I do not know how to install a program...
By now I have already set my wireless connection up succesfully using an app called "rutilt" instead of WAG (not working on 2.02) and installed some .pup files...that's easy, click on them and go..!

But if I want to install, for ex; a compressed file ".tar.gz" like this one:

http://download.aircrack-ng.org/aircrac ... 6.1.tar.gz

(When you click to download this file, it renames itself to ...".tar.tar" (

[Pizzasgood]

It's a source file, so you'll need the devx_xxx.sfs file (found here) installed to compile. The xxx stands for your version of Puppy, so if you have 2.02, you'd want devx_202.sfs. Place it in /mnt/home if you have a live-cd or frugal install, and / if you have a harddrive install (I think). Then reboot and follow the following directions:

First, download the aircrack file to a convienient location (I use /tmp/NewDir, as I can make a mess and Puppy cleans it when rebooting, but you may want to save a copy of the compressed file somewhere else).

Then, go to that directory and open a terminal window (right-click some whitespace and choose "xterm here").

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tar -zxf aircrack-ng-0.6.1.tar.gz
cd aircrack-ng-0.6.1
make
make install

That should compile and install it. You can then remove the directory and package if you want, as they are no longer needed (though you may want to save the compressed file for re-use later).

[Pizzasgood]

Open up /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Go near the bottom and add

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modprobe ndiswrapper

to it. That file is run each time you boot, so that will run ndiswrapper for you.

[Kal]

Your renaming of the download only occurs for me if I send the download to a folder outside of puppy. Like I send the download to my Windows 2000 downloads. If the folder is in Puppy, this doesn't happen. Here is a little more info.

For compiling:

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Compiling

For harddrive install look at this from MU:

http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=10384

Kal

[MADMAX]

Thank you pizzasgood and Kal for your quick response...
Ok, I need that .sfs file...you've been very clear pizzasgood, thank you again. I'll follow your directions.
Thanks again.....I'll let you know how it goes...

[trapster]

tar -zxf aircrack-ng-0.6.1.tar.gz
cd aircrack-ng-0.6.1
make
make install

I always do:
./configure
make
make install


is the ./configure not needed?

[Pizzasgood]

That particular package didn't have a configure script. Some do, some don't.