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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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    First of all, why do you want to install it such way, instead of using Ubuntu Software Center or *.deb package from creators website?
    – Misery
    Jul 1, 2013 at 9:42

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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
  • @DibakarBose "Gwibber uses Python's distutils framework for installation" ;) (probably sudo apt-get install python-distutils to get setup.py)
    – Rinzwind
    Jul 1, 2013 at 11:24

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