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install tar.bz2

Asked by Neil

HI out there
I am new to all of this and am having a lot of trouble working it all out.
I am trying to install programs, but alas it not so easy. I found drive for my wireless USB adaptor TP-LINK (TL-WN321G)
It is a tar.bz2 file. How do I install them? Please can some help me, step by step as I have no idea What I am doing, please forgive me I very new to Linux.
I there some were I can download all the different instruction for all the different files?
as I have noticed the there are different file types and that they install differently.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

You can't directly install a tar.bz2 file.
It is a compressed (.bz2) archive usually with directory and files structure in it (.tar).
You can extract it, then you may use the extracted files, to make what are you trying to do....

To extract it, open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

tax -xvjf filename.tar.bz2

HTH

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Neil (goofandfroggie) said : 		#2

Hi I tried the suggestion but it kept saying 'bad command' what am I doing wrong?
If i righ click on the file, it has extract there do I do that first?
Please help me very confused!!!
Thanks Neil

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Sorry i make a typo

tar -xvjf filename.tar.bz2

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