tar kdegraphics -x
 

This really confuses me:


#tar kdegraphics-2.2.2.tar -x
tar: invalid option -- e
Try tar --help for more information
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WHY?!
How do I extract the files in the archive? I've tried tar -x <file>, tar --extract <file> - nothing works. it just halts for ever.

Could someone help me with this basic stuff?

regards,
Cyth

Are you using kde's archiver or the command line? If the file is ONLY a .tar the normal command line options would be: tar -xvf filename.tar The 'v' option is not necessary as it just shows you what's going on during the decompression. If it's a .tar.gz file you need tar -xzvf and if it's a .tar.bz2 file you need to use tar -xyvf OR xjvf. With Slack though it's y. Type man tar to really get a feel for what the options do.