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Need help installing a tar.gz file in ubuntu [SOLVED]

I am running ubuntu 10.04. I am new to linux, and I've gotten most things that I need working, however I am having trouble installing tar.gz files. A .tar.gz is not an installer type, it is just an ...
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How to Compress and Extract Files Using the tar Command on Linux

The tar command on Linux is used to create and extract TAR archive files. Run "tar -czvf archive-name.tar.gz /path/to/file” ...
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Installing a printer driver from source tar.gz

Epson's site refers you to Avasys for Linux drivers. On the avasys.jp site, they have .deb packages for a scanner program, but for the print drivers, they only have RPM or tar.gz. I extracted the PPD ...
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Linux 101: How to compress a folder from the command line with tar

Linux 101: How to compress a folder from the command line with tar Your email has been sent At some point in your Linux journey, you'll need to be able to compress and decompress a folder from the ...