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How to install Tarballs in Ubuntu 8.04?

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/how-to-install-tarballs-in-ubuntu-8-04.102799/

Desmond
Desmond Original post #1
Nov 24, 2008 at 12:34 PM
In Ubuntu, whenever I run the Config shell script which comes with any .tar.gz or .tar.bz, it shows that it gcc cannot compile programs. I heard that the gcc compiler is on the Ubuntu disc, but not installed by default. How can I install it?
Faun
Faun #2
Nov 24, 2008 at 12:50 PM
sudo apt-get install build-essential

put your cd as resource
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Hitboxx #3
Nov 24, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Resource or Source?

OR install it from the net repo, something like -> sudo apt-get install gcc. If its a part of another package, install it too. Try a search -> apt-cache policy gcc