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I am new to linux and am trying to install Phytebyte on my Ubuntu VM following the readme file.
https://github.com/seanharr11/phytebyte

I am running the following code on the terminal but getting this result, any tips as to how I can get through this?

(base) max@max-VirtualBox:~/phytebyte$ tar zxf openbabel-3-1-1.tar.gz mkdir build cd build cmake ../openbabel-openbabel-3-1-1 -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/local/bin/python3 -DRUN_SWIG=ON make -j4 make install

tar: invalid option -- 'D'
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.

Thanks in advance.

I was expecting to follow the readme install file fairly easily but am unsure how to proceed with the errors.

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  1. 0

    Run them one-by-one:

    tar zxf openbabel-3-1-1.tar.gz

    mkdir build

    cd build

    cmake ../openbabel-openbabel-3-1-1 -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/local/bin/python3 -DRUN_SWIG=ON

    make -j4

    make install

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  2. 0

    You’ve pasted multiple commands as one, either execute them separately:

    $ tar zxf openbabel-3-1-1.tar.gz 
$ mkdir build 
$ cd build 
$ cmake ../openbabel-openbabel-3-1-1 -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/local/bin/python3 -DRUN_SWIG=ON 
$ make -j4 
$ make install

    or chain them together with && operator

    $ tar zxf openbabel-3-1-1.tar.gz && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../openbabel-openbabel-3-1-1 -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/local/bin/python3 -DRUN_SWIG=ON && make -j4 && make install

    Very likely the make install step will require root privilages, so consider running it with sudo.

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