Re: tar unpacking..

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From: Wayne Rockwell
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:00

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you have to be logged as root user. Open a terminal, change to the directory
that holds the tar file. At the prompt, type    tar xvf exactfilename.tar
you should see the file getting unpacked, located the executable or script
file and click. That should do it for you.
If the file is zipped as well as tarred try this at the prompt
tar xzvf exactfilename.tar.gz

"pood" <poodl70@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> can someone tell me how to unpack and install   the average tar
> package...i'm only use to rpm's....i don't understand the console
> mainly...thanks
>
>

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