How do I install a Tar file, used terminal without any success.


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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.

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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.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony M. Rasat
> Manager - Technical, Network and Support Division
> PT. Jawa Pos National Network
> Graha Pena Jawa Pos Group Building, 5th floor
> Jln. Raya Kebayoran Lama 12, Jakarta Selatan 12210
> Indonesia.-
> Phone 02132185562
> Phone 081574217035
> Fax 02153651465
> Web http://www.jpnn.com
>

That only scratches the surface the question implied. The tar commands
above will extract the files, but then you probably need to change to
that directory and compile the program. Depending on the program, it
might be as simple as

./configure
make
sudo make install

Then again, it would be helpful to know which program you are trying to
install. Is it possibly already available in a repository?

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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.

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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:43:16 +0000
Anthony M. Rasat 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.

I tend to create a directory and perform one of the above actions from
within that directory, because I find that some tar files just dump their
extracted files in the current directory. This can be rather messy if the
current directory contains a lot of files. Most tar files don't behave
like this, but I like to play safe.

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>
> I tend to create a directory and perform one of the above actions from
> within that directory, because I find that some tar files just dump their
> extracted files in the current directory. This can be rather messy if the
> current directory contains a lot of files. Most tar files don't behave
> like this, but I like to play safe.
>
> - Richard.
>
You can use the 't' option/flag of tar to determine if the archive
contains a folder and all files/folders inside it or
if it does not have such a directory hierarchy.

tar tvzf archive.tar.gz
tar tvjf archive.tar.bz2
tar tvf archive.tar

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>> I tend to create a directory and perform one of the above actions from
>> within that directory, because I find that some tar files just dump their
>> extracted files in the current directory. This can be rather messy if the
>> current directory contains a lot of files. Most tar files don't behave
>> like this, but I like to play safe.

> You can use the 't' option/flag of tar to determine if the archive
> contains a folder and all files/folders inside it or
> if it does not have such a directory hierarchy.

> tar tvzf archive.tar.gz
> tar tvjf archive.tar.bz2
> tar tvf archive.tar

And if does not have a directory in the tarball, you can create a
directory into which to untar it
mkdir dir4tar
tar xvf archive -C dir4tar

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tar xzvf file.tar.gz && cd file && ./configure && make && make install

On 12/14/09, Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I tend to create a directory and perform one of the above actions from
>>> within that directory, because I find that some tar files just dump their
>>> extracted files in the current directory. This can be rather messy if the
>>> current directory contains a lot of files. Most tar files don't behave
>>> like this, but I like to play safe.
>
>> You can use the 't' option/flag of tar to determine if the archive
>> contains a folder and all files/folders inside it or
>> if it does not have such a directory hierarchy.
>
>> tar tvzf archive.tar.gz
>> tar tvjf archive.tar.bz2
>> tar tvf archive.tar
>
> And if does not have a directory in the tarball, you can create a
> directory into which to untar it
> mkdir dir4tar
> tar xvf archive -C dir4tar
>
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kate wrote:
> How do I install a Tar file, used terminal without any success.
>
>
> Thanks Kate
>
>

I assume you have a tar file of the form filename.tar or
perhaps filename.tar.gz if it has been made smaller.

You do this a lot and my suggestion is you look at man tar
and see the many things you can do. If you still have
questions ask them from the man page which we can all look at.

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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:50:19 +0100
Tom H wrote:

> And if does not have a directory in the tarball, you can create a
> directory into which to untar it
> mkdir dir4tar
> tar xvf archive -C dir4tar

Indeed. But it's probably quicker to create the directory, move to it, and
use the usual command as it is to look inside the file and then decide to
use the above variant. Habitual practices can be quite efficient.

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