Re: tar unpacking..

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From: pood
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:00

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thanks , i;m a newbie....
Wayne Rockwell wrote in message ...
>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
>news:2Csj4.35$i7.444413@news1.i1.net...
>> 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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