How to install Linux / UNIX *.tar.gz tarball files

To install a software package from a .tar.gz tarball on a Linux or UNIX system, you can use the following steps:

1. Download the tarball:

wget https://example.com/package.tar.gz

Replace https://example.com/package.tar.gz with the URL of the tarball you want to download.

2. Extract the tarball:

tar -xzvf package.tar.gz

This will extract the contents of the tarball into a directory with the same name as the tarball, without the .tar.gz extension.

3. Change to the extracted directory:

cd package

4. Follow the instructions provided by the package for installation:

This may include running ./configure, make, and make install to build and install the package.