Uncompressing
 

When I click on the a .tar.gz folder I expect it to uncompress, like it says in the readme of the file. When I do that, it doesnt uncompress - mearly opens in a new windw - with the new folders not created. Hence, the uncompression not working. Any ideas?

yeah - run it from command -

type in:

gunzip yourpackage.tar.gz
then:
tar -xvf yourpackage.tar

you should now have the folder.

Re: Uncompressing
 

Or in one step: tar zxvf foo-package.tar.gz (same for foo-package.tgz) or tar jxvf foo-package.tar.bz2 (for bz2-ed files).

:D I could not remember the z.