how to compile a file of .tar.bz2

zameer_india · 12-20-2004, 05:11 AM

Hi, Every body...

How to compile this file "xxxxxxxxxx.tar.bz2"...
I am using tar xzvf option ... but it says file is not gzip format....
so , is there any other way to unzip this file....any help would be appreciate...

Thnx in Advance...

Zameer ahmed syed.

infantpapa · 12-20-2004, 05:14 AM

hi,
1. gzip2 -d xxxxxx.tar.bz2
2. tar -xvf xxxxx.tar
3. ./configure
4. make
5. make install

zameer_india · 12-20-2004, 05:18 AM

Hi, Krishna...

thnx for another kind reply....
i type gzip2 - d xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.bz2

then i found that gzip2 command not found..what to do...

thnx with regds,
zameer ahmed syed

acid_kewpie · 12-20-2004, 07:46 AM

ignore that, for bzip2 files, use "jxvf" rather than "zxvf" that's all you need.

zameer_india · 12-20-2004, 07:54 AM

Hi Acid.....
Thnx for reply.....
After Long days.... Could U remember me or not .... I got You.... How R U?.....
xvjf is working but not zxvf...

Thnx with regds,
zameer ahmed syed.

rhoekstra · 12-20-2004, 08:07 AM

For info:

the 'j' stands for the bzip2 format which is not alike the gzip format used with the 'z' option.
It's more powerful..

rjlee · 12-20-2004, 10:53 AM

To clarify: bzip2 is more memory and CPU intensive to compress and decompress than gzip2, but tends to result in smaller file sizes.

Unlike the ZIP format, tarballs are uncompressed archives, hence the use of .bz2 or .gz compression, which compresses the entire archive file (including its headers), instead of compressing each file seperately.

zameer_india · 12-21-2004, 12:15 AM

Thanx to rhoekstra, rjlee... Both gave me an useful information.....

zameer ahmed syed.