[plug] tarballs

[Paul Mc]

try

tar zxvf thunderbird-1.0.7.tar.gz

z is the option you are missing ... I think.




Alex Polglaze wrote:
> G'day All,
> 
> Yes, I've read the manual.
> 
> Yes, I've looked up the archives.
> 
> No, I'm not entirely sure what I am doing.
> 
> I am trying to help my daughter install Thunderbird, (on a Linux m/c). 
> We have downloaded the the file called thunderbird-1.0.7.tar.gz.
> 
> I know that it is a compressed file.
> 
> These things I know for sure.
> 
> This is the hazy bit.
> 
> To uncompress this file, the command that I should issue is;
> 
> tar -xvjf thunderbird-1.0.7.tar.gz
> 
> Is this correct?
> 
> All help appreciated.
> 
> Alex Polglaze
> 
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