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Old 03-16-2002
how to install a tar file?

how can i install a *.tar file?
and if the file is dirver is it the same?
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Old 03-16-2002
"tar xf myfile.tar" will expand the tar file.
Jimbo
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Old 03-16-2002
Computer tar

tar stands for Tape ARchive[r]. It's a basic form of UNIX file compression which has the advantage of being able to compress single files, mutiple files, directories, and/or multiple directories.
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Old 03-17-2002
I like to use the -v flag as well.... for verbosity - so you can see what is beeing compressed or expanded.

tar -xvf ...... or tar -cvf
 
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