Some projects only give you .tar.gz, what am I supposed to do with them? Is this what people call building from source? Am I supposed to move it to /opt and extract it in Debian based distros? Does this also work on Arch based ones?

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    3 years ago

    It’s a compressed archive just like .zip, .rar or .7z on Windows. Compressed archives can contain executables (like on Windows, you just run them) or code (like on Windows, you need to compile them) or other data.

    Am I supposed to move it to /opt and extract it in Debian based distros?

    If that’s where you like to put it, sure.

    Does this also work on Arch based ones?

    If they’re binary compatible and you installed all required dependencies in the correct version, probably yes.