Ambushed

Hey,

Yeah well I'm looking for someone that knows the command to open a .tar and .tar.gz file via the ubuntu terminal, It would be great if anyone knows the correct command to do this.

I've tried tar -xvvf "filename".tar, but it didn't work

I asked a friend he said something about I need to be in the directory that the .tar or .tar.gz file is, I don't know what he means by this.

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brian

.tar "tar -xvf /location/of/tar.tar" .tar.gz "gzip -d /location/of/tar.gz" then "tar -xvf /location/of/tar"

and also it is like windows there are folders so if you have it on your desktop i think it is "cd /home/username/Desktop

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Ambushed

Ahhh, OK. I've put the sources.tar file into the Home directory. I've now done this command,
tar -xvf /home/sources.tar
and it then says "tar: /home/sources.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now"

What am I doing wrong? Please not I'm running unbuntu from the live CD.

Cheers for your reply

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BluePlum

When we say location it means were the file is located, To Put the location in, Right on the file, Click copy, Paste were u need to put in the location. DA DAR! also the ubuntu forums has like thousands and thousands of ppl online 2 help

makmillion

Why not right click and 'Extract Here' ? What are you attempting to use terminal for this task?

I believe the basic install of Ubuntu (even the live CD) has the 'Extract Here' option in the right context menu..

-mak

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Ambushed

But I love these forums, zz it still won't extract the file.

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Ambushed

#1. cd Desktop/hi

#2. tar -xvvzf sources.tar

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