I need help with tarball problems step by step

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Ok I was trying to download the file mahjong_lin.tgz which is a zip file right. I did every thing you told me to do: tar x............ And then I received this message: Cannot open no such file or directory Tar: Error is not recoverable exiting Now. I just want to learn how do I unpack zip files and then install the reason I want learn this process to install and complle a new kernel. I hope you can help with step by step process.

I having been trying to learn how to install ZIP FILES for days my book states one must issue the following commands: example filename is: foo.tar.gz $ tar -ztvf foo.tar.gz TO EXTRACT THE CONTENTS I'm lost?

You seem like you want to learn whats going on, so I'll give you alot of information, I hope it isn't too much.

First, the file you have is not a "zip file", zip is a specific file format. You have a "tar", they function the same, they're just different internally.

so the command your looking for is "tar -xvzf foo.tar.gz" each of the letters means something different:
x = extract
v = verbose (it tells you what files its extracting)
z = uses gzip (the .gz at the end means you have a tar that has been compressed with gzip)
f = file (this is the file it will extract the data from)

The command you mentioned in your last post has "t" instead of "x", the "t" tells tar to list what files are inside the archive. To get the documentation on commands like tar, you can use the "man" command. All of these options are listed in "man tar"

-Asa

SO what are the steps which I need to follow once I have down loaded the files is it
tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz
but I don't know the next step?

Hello

For a simple and easy explanation of compiling software in ubuntu please refer

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo

and for kernel compilation in ubuntu please refer:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/forum/software/CustomKernel

and/or

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

But mah-jong 1.7.2 is into repositories of Ubuntu

Then to install from repositories

Using System->Administration->Software sources [Ubuntu software] please enable all the repositories.

Then open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install mah-jong

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

You will find wifi-radar under the Applications->Games menu.

Hope this helps

Thanks Bhavani Shankar, that solved my question.

ı have problem zip.files ım using ubuntu 8.10 .this file android-sdk-linux_x86-1.1_r1.zip ı want open in terminal .but ım trying in terminal command unzip android-sdk-linux_x86-1.0_r1.zip.later unzip: cannot find or open android-sdk-linux_x86-1.0_r1.zip, android-sdk-linux_x86-1.0_r1.zip.zip or android-sdk-linux_x86-1.0_r1.zip.ZIP.
what s this?ı cant opening n terminal.what must ı do?http://androidforums.com/developer-101/2321-installing-eclipse-android-sdk-ubuntu-8-04-8-10-a.html#post14613 ı want this android emulator .problem zip file pls help me

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