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Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?
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Steven D'Aprano |
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Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ? |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:09:10 +1100 |
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:27:10 am Travis wrote:
> I have the pan .tar.gz on the Desktop but when I do the command "tar
> -xvzf ~/Desktop/pan-0.133.tar.bz2" from the address@hidden:~/Build$ in
> Terminal I get "Cannot open: No such file or directory" etc, etc.
The z option to tar is for .tar.gz and .tgz files, which are compressed
by the program gzip. You're using a .tar.bz2 file, which is compressed
by bzip2, so you need the j option. Try:
tar -xvjf ~/Desktop/pan-0.133.tar.bz2
Travis, I assume you're a little inexperienced with the Linux command
line, so I'll give you a couple of hints that may help in the future:
* The options mean:
x = extract
v = verbose (prints what it is doing)
j = pass the file through bzip2 for decompression first
f = use the file named next
* You don't need to type the long file name, which is error prone. As
you type the command, when you get to pan- hit the TAB key on your
keyboard and the shell will try to auto-complete the file name. (Of
course you can copy and paste it too.)
* "tar --help" and "man tar" (without the quotes) will give you lots of
information about tar. Possibly too much :)
* If you're running a modern version of Linux with a decent GUI like KDE
or Gnome, you should be able to just double-click the file to get a
nice GUI application to extract the files. The command line is more
powerful and flexible, except when it's not, but for a single file
there's nothing wrong with using a GUI.
Hope this is helpful,
--
Steven D'Aprano
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- Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?, Joe Zeff, 2008/12/07
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