ubuntu install app from tar.gz code example

Example 1: install tar.bz2 file

#Extract the file tar.bz2
 tar -xjvf file.tar.bz2
#Compile and install
 cd file
 ./configure
 make
 sudo make install

Example 2: how to install tar.gz in ubuntu

tar -xzf archive-name.tar.gz
cd archive-name
./configure
make
sudo make install