2.3. Installing the tar.gz Package

In the top-right corner of every Webmin website page there is a link for the tar.gz package. A link can also be found on the page www.webmin.com/download.html. Once you have downloaded it, you should have a file on your system named something like webmin-1.1.100.tar.gz. To install the package, follow these steps:

1.
Login to your system as root.
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Choose a directory under which you want Webmin installed. This is usually /usr/local, but can be /opt or any other location that you prefer. The instructions below will use /usr/local for simplicity.
3.
Copy the webmin-1.1.100.tar.gz file to the /usr/local directory.
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Run the following commands to uncompress and extract the tar.gz file and run the following setup ...

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