Unpack fog tar ball on Ubuntu 12.04LTS
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Guyz: A NOOB question. I am trying to unpack the FOG tar ball in the /OPT directory. The locate command doesn’t show the tar ball in the OPT directory but the LS command does. Thought it might be a permission issue so became ROOT but still no go. I’m confused.
/home/foggy/Downloads/fog_0.32.tar.gz
foggy@Fog-Server:~$ sudo cp /home/foggy/Downloads/fog_0.32.tar.gz /opt
[sudo] password for foggy:
foggy@Fog-Server:~$ cd /opt
foggy@Fog-Server:/opt$ ls
fog_0.32.tar.gz
foggy@Fog-Server:/opt$ sudo apt-get install fog_0.32.tar.gz
[sudo] password for foggy:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package fog_0.32.tar.gz
E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘fog_0.32.tar.gz’
foggy@Fog-Server:/opt$
foggy@Fog-Server:/opt$ ls -l
total 45492
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 46579295 Oct 31 14:55 fog_0.32.tar.gz
foggy@Fog-Server:/opt$ sudo apt-get install fog_0.32.tar.gz
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package fog_0.32.tar.gz
E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘fog_0.32.tar.gz’
foggy@Fog-Server:/opt$ sudo su
root@Fog-Server:/opt# apt-get install fog_0.32.tar.gz
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package fog_0.32.tar.gz
E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘fog_0.32.tar.gz’
root@Fog-Server:/opt# ls
fog_0.32.tar.gz
root@Fog-Server:/opt# locate fog_0.32.tar.gz
/home/foggy/.local/share/Trash/files/Link to fog_0.32.tar.gz
/home/foggy/.local/share/Trash/info/Link to fog_0.32.tar.gz.trashinfo
/home/foggy/Downloads/fog_0.32.tar.gz
root@Fog-Server:/opt# cd ./
root@Fog-Server:/opt# locate fog_0.32.tar.gz
/home/foggy/.local/share/Trash/files/Link to fog_0.32.tar.gz
/home/foggy/.local/share/Trash/info/Link to fog_0.32.tar.gz.trashinfo
/home/foggy/Downloads/fog_0.32.tar.gz
root@Fog-Server:/opt# mv /home/foggy/Downloads/fog_0.32.tar.gz /opt
root@Fog-Server:/opt# locate fog_0.32.tar.gzz
root@Fog-Server:/opt# locate fog_0.32.tar.gz
/home/foggy/.local/share/Trash/files/Link to fog_0.32.tar.gz
/home/foggy/.local/share/Trash/info/Link to fog_0.32.tar.gz.trashinfo
/home/foggy/Downloads/fog_0.32.tar.gz
root@Fog-Server:/opt# ls
fog_0.32.tar.gz
root@Fog-Server:/opt# apt-get install fog_0.32.tar.gz
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package fog_0.32.tar.gz
E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘fog_0.32.tar.gz’
root@Fog-Server:/opt# -
You don’t use aptget for unpacking tarballs. You use the tar command.
[Code]sudo tar -xzf fog_0.32.tar.gz[/Code]
EDITING AS I FORGOT THE -f argument.
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Tom: thanks for the help yesterday. I looked up the TAR command to understand what is being done. I added the “V” option foggy@Fog-Server:/opt$ sudo tar xvz fog_0.32.tar
to see the unpacking process but when i execute, the prompt just sits there. Any guidance would be appreciated. -
You forgot, from the command, the f option.
so your command should read:
[code]sudo tar xvzf fog_0.32.tar.gz[/code]
If you’ve already gunzipped the file so you actually have: fog_0.32.tar
Then you’ll need:
[code]sudo tar xvf fog_0.32.tar[/code] -
The tar command is Tape ARchive.
If you don’t specify the -f/f argument, it is actually waiting for data to be archived to tape, which is why you’re seeing the cursor just sit there. Add the f argument (at the end directly before you put the filename) and it tells the command to process from the file.
NOTE: You can’t place the -f anywhere, it has to be the last argument in the series followed by the file name. I suppose you could, though I’ve never done it that way, have the command as:
[code]tar -f <FILENAME> -xz[/code]
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Tom: Thanks, that did it. I’m going to learn Linux even if it kills me.
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