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 +====== 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
 +
 +<code>cd directory
 +tar -xvf filename</code>
 +
 +
 +==== .bz2 ====
 +
 +<code>bunzip2 filename.bz2</code>
 +
 +==== .gz ====
 +
 +<code>gunzip filename.gz</code>
 +
 +Note: Files such as tinycore.gz and microcore.gz are different. See below.
 +
 +==== .rar ====
 +
 +<code>unrar x filename.rar</code>
 +
 +==== .xz ====
 +
 +<code>unlzma filename.xz</code>
 +
 +==== .Z ====
 +
 +<code>uncompress filename.Z</code>
 +
 +==== .zip ====
 +
 +<code>unzip filename.zip</code>
 +
 +==== .7z ====
 +
 +<code>7z x filename.7z</code>
 +
 +==== Equivalent File Types ====
 +
 +    .tgz is equivalent to .tar.gz
 +    .tbz and .tb2 are equivalent to .tar.bz2
 +    .taz is equivalent to .tar.Z
 +    .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>
  
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