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Re: [Plug] Question about tar files
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It depends on the tar file AND what the tar file contains. Many tar
files are source code and you will have to compile it before you can run
the program. There is usually a readme file that tells you what needs to
be done in the archive.
As for the tar file itself:
Look at the file name. If the filename is like whatever.tar.gz or
whatever.tgz then you enter:
tar -xzvf [filename]
The .gz and .tgz extensions mean that the tar file was compressed using
gunzip. Tar can call gunzip (the z option) to uncompress the file before
it extracts it.
If it is whatever.tar then: tar -xvf [filename]
You may have a filename that looks like whatever.tar.bz2 . This is
another compressed file. You must first run bzip on it then use tar -xvf
[filename] to extract it.
tar has many more options and a reading of the tar man page is
definately a good idea.
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