decompress tar.bz2 files

dhamle · 09-11-2007, 09:47 AM

I have downloaded PageStream and the files are compressed. They are tar.bz2 filess. I want to decompress these files so I can use them. I got into applications>accessories>terminal but don't know what to do now. I have ubuntu linux. I have read some and think I should use
bzip2 -d file.tar.bz2 and tar xzvf file.tar. But I don't know how to run these or how to get to the place to run them Please kinda walk me through the procedure. I'm really new at this LInus but love it.

serafean · 09-11-2007, 10:05 AM

Hi,

I thunk that Ubuntu decompresses these kinds of files in the GUI, just double-click on it.

If you really want/need to use the console, go to the directory where your .tar.bz2 is, then run tar -xvjf filename.tar.bz2 (tar -xvzf is for .tar.gz)

Code:

$cd containingdirectory
$tar -xvjf filename.tar.bz2

A new folder will be created in containingdirectory containing the decompressed content.

Serafean

pixellany · 09-11-2007, 10:24 AM

You will eventually want to get used to using the terminal (AKA console, command-line, etc.) for certain things. Once you know a few basics, there are many tasks in Linux which are simply easier in terminal mode.

the terminal is in your system menus somewhere--I would make a link for it in the panel