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Christy
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 Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject: Help! Opening a file that ends in tar.gz |
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I've downloaded a file that ends in .tar.gz and unfortunately, Windows doesn't know what to open the file with. It brings up a dialogue box, asking me what I want to open the file with.
Trying to install software...and getting very frustrated in the process! Any techies know what I should do with a .tar.gz file? How do I open this file, so that I can install the software? |
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Derrick Pizur
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try downloading winrar from download.com
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Christy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks, Derrick. Worked great. Although, now I'm curious...why would the company use tar.gz, instead of making the downloadable file in .zip form? Is there a special reason to use tar.gz instead of .zip? |
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Michel Fortin
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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It's a standard Unix compression protocol. And most servers are Unix/Apache based.
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Christy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks. |
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