Unable to open tar.gz

[David Koski]

Do this:

cd /home/orest/Desktop
tar xvzf thunderbird-2.0.0.6.tar.gz

Note that the parameter following the "f" is the file.  So "tar xvfz" will 
untar the file named "z".  Also note the leading "-" is optional.

Regards,
David

On Tuesday 11 September 2007 19:55, miner wrote:
> I tried both suggestions from this support list.
>
> Trying tar -xvvzf thunderbird-2.0.0.6.tar.gz was not successful.
>
> My Thunderbird.gz file is located on the desktop.
>
> I entered;  tar -xvfz /home/orest/Desktop/thunderbird-2.0.0.6.tar.gz
> Still no success.
>
> Is this the correct path and entry? I installed Ubuntu 2 days ago and have
> not added any directories.
> New folders and files are on the desktop.
>
> I appreciate the help that you are giving me.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Takac" <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Unable to open tar.gz
>
> > On Wednesday 12 September 2007 11:53:38 ben miller wrote:
> >> Try tar -xvvzf thunderbird-2.0.0.6.tar.gz.
> >>
> >> On 9/11/07, miner <joh_hunter at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >> > I am new to Ubuntu and am unable to open the Thunderbird.tar.gz file.
> >> >
> >> > At the terminal I enter; tar -xvfz thunderbird-2.0.0.6.tar.gz
> >> >
> >> > The response is;
> >> > tar z: cannot open: no such file in directory
> >> > tar: error not recoverable: exiting now
> >> >
> >> > I have tried multiple times without success; printing "sudo" at the
> >> > beginning of the command did not help. Leaving out the "z" or "gz" did
> >> > not help. The file is on my desktop and I copied the path and inserted
> >> > it
> >> > into the command which also did not make any difference.
> >> >
> >> > Also unable to open a tar.bz2 file. I entered "tar jxvf
> >> > <filename>.tar.bz2
> >> >
> >> > What am I doing wrong?
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> > Hi
> >
> > Also if you're not already in the directory the file is in, either move
> > to it
> > supply the entire path to the file. Also make sure you have it spelt
> > properly
> > and not left anything in the filename out
> >
> > James
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