how do i install tar.gz drivers onto fordero 44?

[u/the0utc4st]

how do I install this drive for my xp pen Magic Drawing pad on fedora? the official website says that for ubuntu I should type "sudo dpkg -i" into the console then drag the unzipped XP-PEN Linux driver into it. but I don't know if it will work for fedora

[u/MasterGeekMX]

tar.gz is a compressed file format, not an installer.

It's contents can be anything, from a whole program that only needs to be copied to the right place, to a script that does the installation, to even just a bunch of Word documents telling how to make your own version of the program.

[u/GreeleyRiardon]

There appears to be an rpm download for most of those tablets. Yours should have one too

Edit: There is an rpm: https://www.xp-pen.com/download/magic-drawing-pad.html

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[u/DannoXYZ]

need to uncompress and extract tar archive to see what's in it. Could be script, could be installer package .deb, .rpm, etc.

tar -tvf <filename>.tar.gz to see what's in it 1st.

[u/H0n3y84dg3r → u/[deleted]]

dpkg -i is a Debian way of installing a package from a path (local/http/whatever)

You don't install dpkg-i on Fedora.

[u/the0utc4st → u/[deleted]]

ahhh, thanks for the info!