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PROBLEM WITH SETTING UP NEW SOFTWARE

HI, I AM A NEWBIE. I SPENT 4 HOURS DOWNLOADING THE STAR OFFICE 5.1 AND NOW I CAN'T GET IT TO INSTALL. THIS IS THE MESSAGE I GET. " KFM ERROR": COULD NOT LIST DIRECTORY CONTENTS. FOR>FILE:/ROOT/STAR OFFICE 5.1/SO51A_LNX_01.TAR:50%20SO51INST/. IT IS QUITE FRUSTRATING AFTER SPENDING 4 HOURS DOWNLOADING SOMETHING AND THEN NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO WITH IT. IT "UNTARRED" JUST FINE AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS FOLDERS IN  THE FOLDER I CREATED IN THE HOME DIRECTORY FOR IT. THEY JUST WON'T OPEN. SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHICH ONE IS THE ONE THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE TO BEGIN THE INSTALLING PROCESS. THEY ALL SAY INSTALL. AND WHEN I CLICK ON ANY OF THEM THEY ALL GIVE THE SAME ERROR MESSAGE. PLEASE HELP, OR AT LEAST DIRECT ME SOMEWHERE WHERE I CAN BE ASSISTED. I AM TRYING TO LEARN BUT NOTHING IS MAKING ANY SENSE. YES I AM A WINDOWS USER. THANK YOU. RICHARD : )~
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In the root folder created by the tar command, there should be a file called configure.  If so, run the following comands (as root):

../configure
make
make install

This should install it for you.
Also, there should be a file in that same directory called README or README.INSTALL.  Read it.  It will have step by stem instructions.
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