Nuno Donato wrote: >Can anyone help me out with a problem. >I have downloaded some apps for linux, but they are >compressed. Can anyone tell me how to decompress them. >Step by step if possible.
There are various kinds of compression, usually indicated by the filename: *.gz - compressed with gzip, use gunzip *.tgz - a tar archive compressed with gzip, use gunzip or add the z option to tar when unarchiving *.zip - compressed with pkzip (usually on a DOS/Windows system), use unzip *.Z - compressed with UNIX compress, use gunzip *.bz2 ? - compressed with bzip, [not sure what to use here] There may be others. Tell us which you are dealing with and we can give more information. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished;" II Peter 2:9