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Allan,
What linux distro are you using? If it's a package-based distro, and I'd guess it is, it would be far easier to use a package if you can find it. RedHat or Debian-based?
I haven't installed KStars, but searching around it looks like it could be part of a kdeedu package if it's not as a stand-alone. So search for that as well.
If you're stuck and have to use the source code, here's how you typically would "unzip" and compile from the command-line.
$ tar xzvf package.tar.gz
$ cd package
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
This assumes that there's no special configure options you need to specify. There's usually a README or INSTALL text file in the base dir to help with that and special instructions.
If that doesn't work or doesn't make sense, maybe call me. Depends on what distro you're using, how the file was compressed (could have been bzip2 instead of gzip), and how you access root permissions etc.
Last edited by troypiggo; 18-09-2010 at 04:55 AM.
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