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--- wiki:tar [2011/05/11 02:30] – Guy
+++ wiki:tar [2011/08/07 00:23] (current) – [tinycore.gz, and microcore.gz] Guy
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-====== Extract tgz, tar.gz, tbz, tar.bz2, and tar.xz files ======
+====== Extract tar.gz, tar.bz2, zip, and other Compressed Files ======
+If the file is owned by root, you may need to use sudo.
+==== tgz, tar.gz, tbz, tar.bz2, and tar.xz ====
 To extract a tgz, tar.gz, tbz, tar.bz2, or tar.xz file, open the terminal and type
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 tar -xvf filename</code>
-If the file is owned by root, you may need to use sudo.
-==== Other File Types ====
 ==== .bz2 ====
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 <code>gunzip filename.gz</code>
+Note: Files such as tinycore.gz and microcore.gz are different. See below.
 ==== .rar ====
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     .tlz is equivalent to .tar.lz
     .txz is equivalent to .tar.xz
+==== tinycore.gz and microcore.gz ====
+To extract files such as tinycore.gz and microcore.gz, use
+<code>cd directory
+zcat tinycore.gz | sudo cpio -i -H newc -d</code>
+For more information, see [[Remastering]].
+==== .deb ====
+To extract a .deb file, use
+<code>cd directory
+ar vx filename.deb
+tar -xzvf data.tar.gz</code>
+Another option is to use
+<code>cd directory
+ar p filename.deb data.tar.gz | tar xz</code>
+==== .rpm ====
+To extract an .rpm file, use
+<code>cd directory
+rpm2cpio filename.rpm | cpio -vid</code>