extracting .gz files
 

how do i extract files that end in .gz? im running yello dog version 3.0.1

It depends somewhat. Is it tarred as well?

See man tar
An example:
cd /path/to/extract/directory
tar -xvjpf /path/to/<file>.tar.bz2

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Rute Guide's software explanation
You might want to check out CheckInstall to manage source code installations/uninstallation

if you have a tar archive then use:


tar -zxf your.tar.gz


or gunzip.


man gunzip