installing a .bz2 package?

**chadm1967** · 12-19-2001, 07:23 PM

Hi all,

I have the following package and cannot figure out how to install it:

cups-1.1.12-source.tar.bz2

Would I install it like a .gz package?

Thanks.

**Ashcrow** · 12-19-2001, 07:24 PM

bunzip2 package.tar.bz2 && tar xvf package.tar

**Ashcrow** · 12-19-2001, 07:28 PM

And you install it from source just like any other tar.gz package would (./configure && make && make install).

**mdwatts** · 12-20-2001, 06:22 AM

In case others are wondering about bz2 packages and how to unpack.

From demian at LNO

Apart from the unpacking it's just like *tgz or *tar.gz. You can unpack it with bzcat packagename.tar.bz2 | tar xfv -

It's also possible that you have a patched version of tar installed so you can use tar yxfv ... (I'm not too sure if it's y read tar --help for more info)

**redhead** · 12-20-2001, 07:07 AM

It used to be: tar -Ixvf file.tar.bz2
But from some rfc, they changed the latest tar versions to use 'J' instead, so using tar direct, will involve what version you have installed..