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I've used Ubuntu for over a year now and I have never gotten the hang of tarballs.

I have a .tar.bz2, I've extracted it but I can't figure out where to go from here. I tried running ./configure but I got No such file or directory.

There's a folder called config; I'm not sure of the significance of that, though, or what I should do with it.

There's no README or anything like that.

Any idea?

Edit Here's the directory hierarchy:


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What is it that you're trying to install? –  Mitch Sep 12 '13 at 10:19
What package is this? What files and folders are in the .tar.bz2? You should try and follow instructions from where you got the package. –  minerz029 Sep 12 '13 at 10:19
Can you please extract the archive and include in the question the file list of this archvie? You can do this by running ls into the directory where you extract the archive and posting the output. –  PeppeDAlterio Sep 12 '13 at 10:20
I've added the directory's contents to my post. –  Whatever Sep 12 '13 at 10:23
Those are modules for wifi (BCM4312?) or router (dd-wrt) or somehing like that. Please include such information next time you ask something. And also show us where you got it from please. –  Rinzwind Sep 12 '13 at 10:33
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