One of the most common programs on Linux systems for packaging files is the venerable tar. tar is short for tape archive, and originally, it would archive your files to a tape device. Now, you're more ...

Now that it has been validated, I can use tar to extract it and cd to the libreboot_bin directory: $ tar xvf libreboot_bin.tar.xz $ cd libreboot_bin Pull Down Software Dependencies There are a number ...

using tar to extract files off tape, but they get extracted into their archived directory structure. how do i extract them so that all files are extracted into the local drive without being put ...

I have tried this both from the Archiver program in KDE and from the CL using #tar xzvf blahblah.tar.gzWhen I got the the directory it creates, the folder and everything under it has changed user ...

Instead of re-creating your tar archives when you need to add files, why not simply append those files? Jack Wallen shows you how from the command line and a GUI file manager on Linux.

At some point in your Linux journey, you'll need to be able to compress and decompress a folder from the command line. Jack Wallen shows you how.