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http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php

The install setup states that after dependencies are met. That an installable
package is made.

Locator has not stated that he has met the deps.

Compiling usually is to untar, then config and then make and last
make install.

This is not a simple program to compile let alone create a package.

For most programs to compile and install

config (after checking the config options)
make
make install

The above does not make a package. Therefore none of the packaging
tools will handle removing or updating the program.

If you want to learn about packaging the easiest place to start is here:

http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=17379

NOTE: You need a clean system (meaning no packages added) to
make proper packages. That can be done either in a chroot, VM
or a LXDE container.  Also upgrading your deps can trash your system
due to changing the deps to otehr programs.

There is already a package made according to this:

http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=17247

Locator made a request for avidmux on 4/13/2013 for version
2.6.1.

His request:
http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=17501

The date on the package that was announced for 2.6.1 was done
on December 22, 2012.

Probably why his request 4 months after the package was made was
not answered.

If there is a program you want and it is not listed in the packagers
then try the search bar in the forum. It will search the forum, the support
system and the website resource.

This should not be in the FAQS as roarde has mentioned. I hope this
clears  things up for the two matters. The package request and
how to make packages.


Bigpaws
 

According to the subtitle of this forum, and this sticky, this is not the place to ask questions, but rather to post definitive answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

BUT
Putting aside Locator's frequency in asking this question, the question itself certainly qualifies. It's an easily misunderstood subject.

We need this FAQ. If someone has the time and ability, posting it would save us all time and grief.

thanks

Normally yes, but I am trying to install Avidemux 2.6.4 from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/avidemux/avidemux_2.6.4.tar.gz (as far as I can tell, it doesn't come in .tgz or .txz format), and vpackager won't convert .tar.gz files to .tgz or .txz format either (I know, I have tried doing that).

How about installpkg programname.tar.gz

Bigpaws

 

Wouldn't that be installpkg programname.tgz or txz?

and as far as I can tell, the software in question STILL didn't install

Did you think about asking on their forum?
http://www.avidemux.org/smf/index.php

How about installpkg programname.tar.gz

Bigpaws

[STILL]

I read those documents in their entirety and did what the instructions said - and as far as I can tell, the software in question STILL didn't install - and by the way ... I'm not asking how to compile the software, I'm asking how to install it to my operating system once it's compiled. I thought I made that clear when I first asked the question.

23 to 68. Quite a drop....

Locator you asked the same question on May 2, 2013

http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=17533.msg96799#msg96799

Why do you continue to do this. Ask the same question multiple times?

You are asking for ways to compile software. From the above mentioned
post this wiki explains how to compile and install the software.

http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php

Please start reading the documents first.

Bigpaws

How do I go about installing software to Vector Linux 7.0 from .tar.gz files?

Bigpaws' link is a good one.

edit: I reread your post and saw your main concern is burning up your download limit. Ignore the stricken text and proceed to the instructions for wget ("Code:").
Use the browser you posted here with. Be sure to right-click on the link and choose "save link as" or similar. If that works, you should grab this too:
http://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/VL64-7.0/iso-release/VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso.md5sum.txt
Read the md5sum command below to verify your download.

Surest way I know of is open a terminal and:

Code:

mkdir download
cd download
wget -c http://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/VL64-7.0/iso-release/VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso.md5sum.txt http://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/VL64-7.0/iso-release/VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso

The "-c" is for "continue". It's ok to use this on the first attempt; using it on subsequent attempts should allow you to complete an aborted download rather than starting from scratch. The first URL there grabs the md5sum so you can verify your download.

Code:

md5sum -c VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso.md5sum.txt

It should return "VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso OK".

The md5sum.txt file is very, very small, and restarting downloads with wget is cheap as far as data use goes. Of course you'll still use the amount necessary to grab the file, but you should have a good one when you're done. There's a way to try starting with any partial file you have, but I give it a low chance of success and don't suggest it.

edit: Changed my mind. mkdir download, cd download. If you have a partial file (mostly complete from what you said) copy it here. Be sure the name matches. If not,     mv <oldname> VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso       Then do the complete wget and md5sum commands from above.

If the filesize you have is what you say, trying this first will cost very few bytes. If it doesn't work, delete the ISO, take a deep breath, say bye to most of another GB of use, and rerun the wget and md5sum commands. OR: there's a way to lop off the last several bytes of a previous attempt and try again using "dd". If you'd like to try that, post back. I probably won't be here, but someone else will know what I'm saying and send the info.

Good luck, HTH