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tar xvzf gaim-0.9.10.tar.gz should work.<br />
if not try<br />
gunzip gaim-0.9.10.tar.gz<br />
tar xvf gaim-0.9.10.tar
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tar xvzf gaim-0.9.10.tar.gz should work.
if not try
gunzip gaim-0.9.10.tar.gz
tar xvf gaim-0.9.10.tar

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I just downlaoded a program from the net. &nbsp;It's called, gaim-0.9.10-1.src.rpm. &nbsp;I typed &nbsp;rpm -ivh gaim-0.9.10-1.src.rpm &nbsp;It went through the little process of hash marks. &nbsp;then i locate it and get this.<br />
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[patrick@localhost patrick]$ locate gaim<br />
/home/patrick/gaim-0.9.10-<wbr />1.src.rpm<br />
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/ga<wbr />im-0.9.10.<wbr />tar.gz<br />
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS/gaim<wbr />.spec<br />
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Question is where do i go from here? &nbsp;I tried extractiing the tar file and it just sits there for ever...and does nothing. &nbsp;I am probably doing it wrong. &nbsp;the man pages for tar are really confusing so i would appreciate it if you could get me going here...Thanks <br />
If there is any more info i can provide just ask....
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I just downlaoded a program from the net.  It's called, gaim-0.9.10-1.src.rpm.  I typed  rpm -ivh gaim-0.9.10-1.src.rpm  It went through the little process of hash marks.  then i locate it and get this.

[patrick@localhost patrick]$ locate gaim
/home/patrick/gaim-0.9.10-1.src.rpm
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gaim-0.9.10.tar.gz
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS/gaim.spec

Question is where do i go from here?  I tried extractiing the tar file and it just sits there for ever...and does nothing.  I am probably doing it wrong.  the man pages for tar are really confusing so i would appreciate it if you could get me going here...Thanks 
If there is any more info i can provide just ask....

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