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What do I do with the folders from installing libraries (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/linuxquestions

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I had some missing libraries like libmtp, after extracting the tar, what do I do with the folders? do I need to extract to a specific area? can I move them after installing?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

You should install libmtp by running sudo apt install libmtp.

This will download, extract, and install the library to its proper location. No need to be downloading stuff manually like that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Which distro are you using?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Linux mint 21.3 virginia

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't libmtp available in your repo?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I installed libmtp because I got a "no .source file" error while trying to transfer files

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The left over files and directories are safe to delete.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Both [email protected] and [email protected]'s answers work, I deleted the leftover files, and ran sudo apt upgrade libmtp because the version I got was out of date

[–] possiblylinux127 1 points 1 week ago

Only use a package manager to install software including libraries