And if you just want to view the contents; tar ztvf filename.
See the manpage for tar for more info (man tar)
On Feb 20 Paul wrote:
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>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 2/20/00, 7:17:42 AM, Adam Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
> [newbie] Installing tar.gz files:
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> > I downloaded a file that was tar.gz assuming that it was not unlike a
> zip file
> > but soon realized that I had no idea how to install on of these files.
> Any
> > help is appreciated
>
> tar xzvf filename.tar.gz
> This will extract the file into a sub-directory, for example Program/
> . So cd Program, then read the README file. It'll probably tell you
> to ./configure then make and finaly make install. This usually puts a
> binary in /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin. To execute, just do
> /usr/local/bin/program
>
>
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