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Old 02-03-2004, 08:21 AM   #1
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Untarring files?????

How do I untar files???
 
Old 02-03-2004, 08:24 AM   #2
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tar -xvf <your-tar-file.tar> <path-to-untar-to>
 
Old 02-03-2004, 08:26 AM   #3
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tar xvf filename.tar
tar zxvf filename.tgz
tar zxvf filename.tar.gz
 
Old 02-03-2004, 08:28 AM   #4
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tar --help
man tar

And in addition when making you should:

cd into the directiry created
./configure
make
make install
(You should be root when doing this)
 
  


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