using .tar files

[DirtylilTechBoy]

I am trying to install Wine. the end of the file was .tar.gz I used gzip -d filename to decompress it. That worked because the file went from being about 20 megs to about 35.

Now that it is a .tar archive file, what do I do with it. I tried double clicking and it said I dont have a program to run that file.

Help!

Jason

 

[Wizkid]

I do this for .tar.gz files:

tar xvfz whatever.tar.gz

for .tar files you can do this:

tar xvf whatever.tar

 

[DirtylilTechBoy]

what does xvfz stand for?

 

[CTho9305]

x - extract the files
v - verbose or verify... I *think* verbose (it prints the files extracted)
f - from a file instead of from stdin (unless you wanna hand-type your tar file 😉)
z - that ungzips the file (only use for a tar.gz file)

you can get all the options with "man tar"

 

[cmv]

For:

*.tar.gz use "tar zxvf NAME.tar.gz"
*.tar.bz2 use "tar jxvf NAME.tar.bz2" (note on some early versions of tar that support bzip2 you need to use capitol "i" ("I") instead of "j")

"man tar" or "info tar" has all the details...

 

[Armitage]

Since you already have it uncompressed, you can extract it with:

tar -xvf filename

I ussually like to do tar -tvf first to make sure it unpacks to it's own directory instead of spewing files everywhere.