Uncompress tar.gz file

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With the usage of wget command line I got a tar.gz file. I downloaded it in the root@raspberrypi. Is there any way to uncompress it in the /usr/src folder?

score 152 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '13 at 10:20

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Use -C option of tar:

tar zxvf <yourfile>.tar.gz -C /usr/src/

and then, the content of the tar should be in:

/usr/src/<yourfile>

answered May 03 '13 at 10:20

qingchen

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-z : filter the archive through gzip • -x : extract files from an archive • -v : verbosely list files processed • -f : use archive file or device F (default "-", meaning stdin/stdout) • See http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/tar1.html – Dane Rossenrode May 21 '17 at 08:07

score 25 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '13 at 10:14

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Try this:

tar -zxvf file.tar.gz

answered May 03 '13 at 10:14

dratewka

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score 13 · Answer 3 · edited May 03 '13 at 10:31

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gunzip <filename>

then

tar -xvf <tar-file-name>

edited May 03 '13 at 10:31

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answered May 03 '13 at 10:14

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Uncompress tar.gz file

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