From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 26 05:47:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA02812 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 05:47:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from norden1.com (norden1.com [192.153.35.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA02801 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 05:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hometeam.techpower.net (hometeam@techpower.net [206.244.73.241]) by norden1.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA03109; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 08:45:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (hometeam@localhost) by hometeam.techpower.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA00878; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 16:44:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 16:44:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Dr Freebsd To: George cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to install programs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I would use ports for updates or added software prg it is very slick.. cd /usr/ports and look for what you like to add ... That is if you have the ports collection. like if you where to add netscape you would cd /usr/ports/www/netscape the make install it will fetch that port and install it for you. goto www.freebsd.org and look under ports info. I know this did not answer your direct question. the full command use gzip -cd file.name.tar.gz | tar xvf - that will untar the file also. also -x is not a valid option so I am not ssure what you used perhaps gzip -d ? now to untar I would use tar -xvf filename.tar hopes this helps. On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, George wrote: > I downloaded a .tgz file and unzipped it using gzip -x i ended up with a file > > that ends in .tar now what do i do with it to install it? > > > >