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Old 11-27-2001, 09:07 PM   #1
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Opening .tar.bz2 files


How do you open .tar.bz2 files in the terminal?
 
Old 11-27-2001, 09:27 PM   #2
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Type this command:

tar -xyvf nameof.tar.bz2

Exact same as a .tar.gz eccept you use the 'y' option to extract using bzip2 instead of the 'z' option for gzip.
 
Old 11-27-2001, 09:42 PM   #3
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It says: tar: invalid option -- y

I found this thread that says to do: bzip2 -dc archive.tar.bz2 | tar xvf, but when I try that it says: tar: Old option `f' requires an argument.

tar --help doesn't help much:
Code:
  -f, --file=ARCHIVE             use archive file or device ARCHIVE
      --force-local              archive file is local even if has a colon
      --rsh-command=COMMAND      use remote COMMAND instead of rsh
What should I do?
 
Old 11-27-2001, 10:07 PM   #4
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"tar -xjvf file_name.tar.bz2"

Some versions of tar use -y and some use -j. If ever in doubt, just read the 'man' page and look for the flag dealing with bzip2.
 
Old 11-28-2001, 12:14 AM   #5
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Quote:
Originally posted by dominique
It says: tar: invalid option -- y

I found this thread that says to do: bzip2 -dc archive.tar.bz2 | tar xvf, but when I try that it says: tar: Old option `f' requires an argument.

tar --help doesn't help much:
What should I do?
As below the 'j' option is also a possibility. You may have an older verion of the bzip2 utilities. You can try getting the newest version or yes you can do the bzip2 -dc way, but it's all the same. Look at the manual for bzip2 'man bzip2'. That should help some. But try the z'j'vf option first. Probably just have an older vers.
 
Old 11-28-2001, 02:43 AM   #6
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Try the command again only this time put a space and a hyphen at the end of the command. Like this:

bzip2 -dc archive.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
 
Old 11-28-2001, 03:15 PM   #7
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It worked, thanx everyone!
 
Old 11-30-2001, 02:41 AM   #8
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You're welcome.
 
  


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