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nab_du

12-18-2011 01:20 AM

What is the command to unzip files with extension .bz2?

how to unzip .bz2

spiky0011

12-18-2011 01:24 AM

Code:

tar xvjf filename.tar.bz2

Nylex

12-18-2011 01:42 AM

You don't even need the 'j' option any more, as tar will work out how the file is compressed automatically (though it doesn't hurt to use it, of course).

John VV

12-18-2011 01:59 AM

if this is a desktop install or using a GUI

double click on it
the SAME way as in MS windows

MTK358

12-18-2011 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spiky0011 (Post 4552783)

Code:

tar xvjf filename.tar.bz2

Of if it's just a bz2-compressed file (not a tar archive), use:

Code:

bzip2 -d filename.bz2

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