.gz filetypes....

[Absolut720]

I am using mandrake 8.2, just switched over from linux last night, and I have no clue as to how I open files that are .gz I know it is obviously some sort of a zip file, but when I went to download the gzip or gnuzip(whatever it was) that was in a .gz filetype! Please help me.
Thanks,
-Todd

[emus]

Hi,

gunzip should already be included from the beginning. Just type gunzip filename.gz

[Absolut720]

Thanks, that removed the .gz extension, now all I have left is the .tar part...it still won't open to install.
Thanks,
-Todd

[kidsleep]

type tar -xvf filename.tar

that will untar the files

[emus]

I believe you had the "tar.gz" extension originally.
You could have used "tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz"

Now that you've used the gunzip command, you're left with a ".tar" extension.

Use "tar -xvf filename.tar"

[Absolut720]

Hey, I tried that, but it still stays as .tar I double clicked it, it asked me what program to open it with, and I said tar -zxvf and I also tried -xvf. Neither worked. Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
-Todd

[emus]

Try the following;

- Change to the directory of file you want to install

- Type "./configure" (you'll see some output)

- Type "make" (some output again)

- Type "su" and enter your password

- Type "make install"

Hope this helps

By the way, which program are you trying to install?

[Wallex]

I believe that unpacking tar files does not deletes the original file by default. I always uncompress my files but keeping the original with me. Once the file has been uncompressed, there should be a new directory with the same name as the file. If the tar command didn't give you errors, the new directory should be there...