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Bazoukas:
Audiogalaxy static version at cnet


 I downloaded the second one.


By the way thank you for your help...its not as if i
REALY need to get this program, i am just trying to learn how to untar tar files.
  This am sure looks like stupid to you :-D

Bazoukas:
[L=null]http://download.cnet.com/downloads/1,10150,0- 1004- 103-0-1-7,00.html?tag=srch&qt=audiogalaxy&cn=&ca=10004]Audiogalaxy static version at cnet[/L]

i dont if this will work. same link tried to fix my mistake

voidmain:
I think that is a binary package (I did not download it, but the "static" in it's name indicates it is already compiled and statically linked).  This means there is likely no "configure" script included.  You need the source code for that.  Download the source using this link:

http://www.geocities.com/uallloveme/OSS/AGBrowser/agbrowser-0.96.html

The open up a shell prompt and change into the directory you downloaded the file to and type (without the $ signs):

$ tar -xvzf agbrowser-0.96.tar.gz
$ cd agbrowser-0.96
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su

Then enter your "root" password and type (without the # sign):
# make install

If you got no errors during the make and install process like I didn't then you should be able to exit from your root shell (type "exit").  Then type "agbrowser" to run the program.

Hope this helps. If you are running RedHat 7.2 and have the compiler installed correctly you shouldn't have a problem. And if you want to read the "how to compile this program instruction page" (which I didn't because it worked as I expect any source package to work) it is here:

http://www.geocities.com/uallloveme/OSS/AGBrowser/build-howto.html

voidmain:
Whoops, did some more research and realized that is not the same program.  You wanted AGSatellite0520.  Here is another place to download it:

http://www.audiogalaxy.com/ but it sounds like you have already downloaded it.  If your copy is bad then get this one:

http://www.audiogalaxy.com/downloads/AGSatellite0520-static.tar.gz

It is *not* source code but contains the executable.  So you would open a shell and change into the directory you downloaded and:

$ tar -xvzf AGSatellite0520-static.tar.gz
$ cd AGSatellite0520
$ mv AGSatellite0520-static AGSatellite
$ ./AGSatellite

Couple of notes.  If you notice there are upper and lower case characters in the above instructions.  This is important.  Also I found that "AGSatellite" does not run because you need to create a "shares.txt" and "account.txt" files.  Hopefully you can take it from here as I don't know what AGSatellite is or does.  Look through the FAQ on the web site and hopefully you can find the answers to make it run. Good luck

[ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

Calum:
AGSatellite is one of those file sharing utilities that we heard about so much in the news last year, with it's own specific file sharing network setup.

I am a little embarrassed to admit it, but i am totally out at sea with installing from tar files, what with tarred executables and tarred source, .tgz files and what have you.
Can somebody place a link to a properly definitive guide to the myriad ins and outs of installation from tarballs?
i haven't really looked myself yet, and am about to, will post any good sites i find, but i ask just in case anybody has come across a good site recently in their own travels...

Thanks, all!

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