How do you install tar.gz2

[JacobVengeance]

I keep forgetting the command to compile these and install packages, what is the command? Also is there a program that can auto compile these instead of having to open a terminal everytime?

[sefs]

I keep forgetting the command to compile these and install packages, what is the command? Also is there a program that can auto compile these instead of having to open a terminal everytime?

I am pretty sure that compression is handled by file-roller which is installed by default in ubuntu.

Look under Accessories -> Archive Manager in your Main menu.

[JacobVengeance]

I am pretty sure that compression is handled by file-roller which is installed by default in ubuntu.

Look under Accessories -> Archive Manager in your Main menu.

Isn't that to extract it. I need to install it and it came in a tar.gz2 archive.

[sandyd]

what are you installing?

[JacobVengeance]

kthememanager

[MisfitI38]

tar.gz is simply a combination of compression algorithms. A package with these extensions is typically called a 'tarball'. If the tarball you are referring to is a source package, you can conceivably compile and install it with /usr/bin/make.
First you must extract the tarball with /bin/tar:

$ tar -xvf packagename.tar.gz

The extracted tarball will generally create a directory named for the package which you will cd to:

$ cd packagename

There is usually (but not always) a configure script. If you are not familiar with the configure options, run it with the --help switch.

$ ./configure --help

Compile the source with /usr/bin/make:

$ make

Install with

# make install

glhf