newbie

[jarlinn]

cd to the directory where you have the tar.gz
what does this mean..........please i am going nuts ........trying to install tar and nothing happens in my root shell........help would be apreaciated ;D

[countach44]

It means open the directory where you saved the file.
CD stands for Change Directory.

[shebang]

Yeah. What countach44 said is true.

so if you have a directory named foo

# cd foo
#

That will switch the directory to foo.

If you're not too familiar with the Shell (Command Line Interface), I would suggest using a File Manager such as Konqueror or Nautilus. '

But I strongly encourage learning the Bash Shell: http://www.linuxjunior.org/cgi-bin/p...play&id=50
Here is the first part of "Bash Made Easy"

The other two parts are here:
http://www.linuxjunior.org/cgi-bin/p...egory&id=7

[jarlinn]

thanks a million guys