Installing Tar

[Andrew Farris]

On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 17:43 +0000, Anthony M. Rasat wrote:
> Kate wrote:
> >How do I install a Tar file, used terminal without any success.
> 
> Try: tar xfvz tarfile.tar.gz
> Or: tar xfvj tarfile.tar.bz2
> Or tar xfv tarfile.tar
> 
> Notice the extension differences. This assuming you want to extract tar file, not creating them.

What are you actually trying to accomplish by 'installing a tar file'?
If you're trying to install a program, chances are there's probably a
better/easier way to accomplish it.

-- 
Andrew
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