unzipping

[tectonicman]

I'm a confessed windows junkie, trying to learn how to use Linux Mandrake 8.0. How do I unzip stuff and install it? Please be gentle :eek: I'm slow. Thanks to whoever is kind enough to help.

[evulish]

.tar.gz or .tgz:
tar zxfv file.tar.gz
.tar.bz2:
bunzip2 file.tar.bz2; tar xfv file.tar
.tar:
tar xfv file.tar

then read the INSTALL or README in the new directory it created.

[tectonicman]

Can you tell me what this code is saying in words? Where you have the word "file" in the code...is that where I substitute the name of the file? Does the file name change from one line to the next?
Thanks

[Cheeves]

Yes, substitute "file" for whatever the actual file name is.

[Malakin]

In Mandrake 8 the gui will handle all this. Click on any of the above files and it will automatically open allowing you to drag out the contents. To extract .zip's you need to install zip-*rpm off the first CD since mandrake doesn't seem to install it by default.

[tectonicman]

Thanks for the help. As to this last response...after they're unzipped, where do I drag the files to and then what? Do I just drag out the folder or each of the unzipped items?