Thread: how to open .tar file?
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Originally Posted by amkaos View Post
so, i guess i need to do something from xterminal.
i dont find it in file manager or app manager..
went to maemo and didnt find that exact app..
what should i use to install or extract .tar gz?
thnx
Doh, use tar

tar zxvf file.tar.gz
tar zxvf file.tgz
tar xvf file.tar

tar
z = zipped archive
x = xtract
v = verbose
f = file
t = test


so you could do a
tar tzf file.tar.gz
to see what files are in a tar (zip)
or of its not a zip
tar tf file.tar


There is also bz2
tar jxvf file.tar.bz2
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