Where and how to correctly install already compiled binary programs in tar.gz packaged format in linux?

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Where and how to correctly install already compiled binary programs in tar.gz packaged format in linux?

Answer 1

unpack, read the documentation. Usually everything is written there. Well, or if only you need a softinka - no one removed ~/bin from the paths ...

Answer 2

Where and how to correctly install already compiled binary programs in tar.gz packaged format in linux?

If .tgz, then this is the old and simplest way to install software on UNIX: unzipping from the root "/".
Once used, now almost never.

Answer 3

emerge -Kwill install a binary built on another machine.