Unzip tar files the same way you would unzip a regular zipped file:
tar –xvzf name-of-file.tar.gz
The basic command is tar
, followed by four options:
x
– instructs tar to extract the files from the zipped filev
– means verbose, or to list out the files it’s extractingz
– instructs tar to decompress the files – without this, you’d have a folder full of compressed filesf
– tells tar the filename you want it to work on