You mean you "gunzipped" it?
Try "tar -xvf foo.tar" where foo is the name of the
file
if it is the install process that you are having
troulble with then look in the new directory that was
created by the "tar -xvf foo.tar" command and look for
a README on the install.
Sean
--- kwf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no
> problem getting it
> unzipped.
> But I cannot extract it for anything.
> I can enter:
> tar -x [filename]
>
> Then I can hit return. Then my cursor returns to
> the next line and
> won't let me do anything after that. I have to exit
> the window
> and try again, getting nowhere.
> When I try to do it in "Midnight Commander" it tells
> me the file
> is not local.
> I cannot find anything about "local" vs "non-local"
> files.
> Any ideas? What am I an idiot about?
>
> Alaskan Ken
>
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