Installation error...

[ZOSdever]

I tried to instal THEOS and it said i needed renu.msi wich was supposed to be on my hps harddrive and i could not find it on the hdd. The same thing happened trying to install linux.

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Legend]

What linux distribution? And what is THEOS?

[ZOSdever]

I was trying to install suse. I ordered umbutu and im afraid the same thing will happen. THEOS is a os with a gui. I was installing dever version.

[ZOSdever]

OK look i got linux and installed it and now i need to know how to install tar.gz files please help me i have no idea what im doing so the simplest explanition possible is the best. Thank you very much.

[Legend]

A .tar.gz. is not really an install thing, it is an archive like a .zip file. So use
tar xzf <tar.gz.fileHere>
and it will unpack the files.

[Phibred]

Just wondering, why are you installing Linux, like if you are a Windows user you CAN develop an OS on Windows. I am not saying Linux is not better, but it seams like you don't know much about it, and if you are new to OS dev to, that might slow you down pritty hard.

[ZOSdever]

So use
tar xzf <tar.gz.fileHere>

were do i type that? simple please.

Thanks

[Phibred]

you type it in a terminal window that is openned into the directory that you downloaded that file into.

Really, just use Windows.

[ZOSdever]

Only thing i dont like about linux is there is not a normal .exe like thing to make my life easier

[carbonBased]

Most install's now-a-days are quick and easy. Boot the CDRom and go. Even my very first linux install several years (0.9x) ago had a front-end to unzip tar.gz files...