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What do you do with extracted .tar.gz files?

Started by Triskaidekaphobia , Jan 09 2010 11:07 AM

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Triskaidekaphobia

Posted 09 January 2010 - 11:07 AM

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Hi I have downloaded the latest version of some open source software as a .tar.gz file, and extracted the contents, but I can't find any instructions on what to do with them now? My existing version has an EXE and a DLL - how do I "build" these from the files in the .tar.gz file?

Many thanks
Tom