I am very new to Ubuntu and obviously I don't know much about terminal commands.please tell me how can I install Gwibber from *tar.gz file
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Unless you face problems with the normal release please use the version used in Ubuntu Software Center
But since ours is not to question but to answer...
Extract the compressed file, enter the newly created directory and see the README inside the compressed file. These are the 3 commands to do the 1st part:
cd ~/Downloads
tar xvfz gwibber-3.6.0.tar.gz
cd gwibber-3.6.0/
(if you have another version change the numbers)
Read me file includes the following:
Installation
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Gwibber uses Python's distutils framework for installation. In order to
install Gwibber, you will need root access. To install Gwibber, perform
the following command as root:
sudo python setup.py install
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After running sudo python setup.py install I get can't open file 'setup.py' Jul 1, 2013 at 9:47
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@DibakarBose "Gwibber uses Python's distutils framework for installation" ;) (probably
sudo apt-get install python-distutils
to get setup.py)– RinzwindJul 1, 2013 at 11:24