Manual install of a package

[toastrack]

Still relatively new to much of Linux, I need to know how to install a downloaded package. The package came as a tar.gz, which I have unpacked and it's all now sitting in a folder. What are the steps I now have to take please ?? (I have had several different packages which have automatically installed themselves, but this did not happen this time.)

[peter]

TAR files install in different ways depending on how the author intended the software to be used. Try this link on installing Linux Software.