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Old 08-26-2003, 12:07 PM   #1
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Lightbulb tgz

Simple question ... how do you extract a .tgz file ...
 
Old 08-26-2003, 12:11 PM   #2
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Usually its used as an abreviation for a tar,gz

tar -xvzf thefile.tgz
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Old 08-26-2003, 12:16 PM   #3
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if you run kde, just right-click the file and select "ectract here"
 
Old 08-26-2003, 12:17 PM   #4
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thanks for fast reply ...
 
Old 08-26-2003, 02:36 PM   #5
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.tgz is also the extension of Slackware packages, which are not necessarily meant to be extracted.
 
  


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