Hi, I am running a distro that doesn't included the kernel source code
(morphix HD install), but I need it to run VPN client to get wifi
access. I downloaded the kernel source but its in .tar.bz2 format and
my version of gunzip and tar doesn't seem to support this compression.
Where can I download a utility that will unpack this mess?

Thanks,
Aaron Huber
Urbana, IL

Aaron Samuel Huber wrote:
> Hi, I am running a distro that doesn't included the kernel source code
> (morphix HD install), but I need it to run VPN client to get wifi
> access. I downloaded the kernel source but its in .tar.bz2 format and
> my version of gunzip and tar doesn't seem to support this compression.
> Where can I download a utility that will unpack this mess?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron Huber
> Urbana, IL

bzip2 -cd file.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -

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Mauriat (<usenet@NOSPAMmjmwired[dot]net>) wrote:

> Aaron Samuel Huber wrote:
>> Hi, I am running a distro that doesn't included the kernel source
>> code (morphix HD install), but I need it to run VPN client to get
>> wifi
>> access. I downloaded the kernel source but its in .tar.bz2 format
>> and my version of gunzip and tar doesn't seem to support this
>> compression.
>> Where can I download a utility that will unpack this mess?
>
> bzip2 -cd file.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -

Or

tar xfjv file.tar.bz2

From the tar man page:

-j, --bzip2
filter archive through bzip2, use to decompress .bz2 files

best regards
Andreas Janssen

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Mauriat wrote:
>
> bzip2 -cd file.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -

bzcat file.tar.bz2 | tar xv

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"David" <thunderbolt01@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Mauriat wrote:
> >
> > bzip2 -cd file.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
>
> bzcat file.tar.bz2 | tar xv

If bzip2 is installed, try "tar xjf filename.tar.bz2". GNU tar incorporates
both gzip and bzip2 functionality as a command-line option.

>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> writes:

>>> I downloaded the kernel source but its in .tar.bz2 format and
>>> my version of gunzip and tar doesn't seem to support this
>>> compression.

Andreas> Or
Andreas> tar xfjv file.tar.bz2

Andreas> From the tar man page:

Andreas> -j, --bzip2 filter archive through bzip2, use to
Andreas> decompress .bz2 files

What did you understand when the OP says that his version of tar
didn't seem to support bz2?



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LEE Sau Dan <danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> writes:

]>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> writes:

] >>> I downloaded the kernel source but its in .tar.bz2 format and
] >>> my version of gunzip and tar doesn't seem to support this
] >>> compression.

] Andreas> Or
] Andreas> tar xfjv file.tar.bz2

] Andreas> From the tar man page:

] Andreas> -j, --bzip2 filter archive through bzip2, use to
] Andreas> decompress .bz2 files

]What did you understand when the OP says that his version of tar
]didn't seem to support bz2?

What he said was "my version of gunzip and tar" which leaves it
ambiguous.
a) he may have linus with a very old version of tar which does not have
the -j flag.
b) He may not have installed bzip2
c) He may not know about the -j flag

Clearly Andreas was answering possibility c.

You on the other hand answered none of them.

For both a) and b) make sure that you have bzip2 (and bunzip2) installed
since the bz2 files are compressed with bzip2 not gzip.

If your version of tar supports the -j flag, after bunzip2 is installed,
just do as Andreas said.
If your version of tar does NOT support the -j flag, then
either get one that does, or uncompress first
bunzip2 name.of.file.tar.bz2
which will create a tar file
name.of.file.tar
on which you can use tar -xf name.of.file.tar
to untar it.

Bill Unruh wrote:
> LEE Sau Dan <danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> writes:
>
> ]>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> writes:
>
> ] >>> I downloaded the kernel source but its in .tar.bz2 format and
> ] >>> my version of gunzip and tar doesn't seem to support this
> ] >>> compression.
>
> ] Andreas> Or
> ] Andreas> tar xfjv file.tar.bz2
>
> ] Andreas> From the tar man page:
>
> ] Andreas> -j, --bzip2 filter archive through bzip2, use to
> ] Andreas> decompress .bz2 files
>
> ]What did you understand when the OP says that his version of tar
> ]didn't seem to support bz2?
>
> What he said was "my version of gunzip and tar" which leaves it
> ambiguous.
> a) he may have linus with a very old version of tar which does not have
> the -j flag.
IIRC, old versions of GNU tar used the -Y flag to invoke bzip2
[snip]


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>>>>> "Lew" == Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@sympatico.ca> writes:

Lew> IIRC, old versions of GNU tar used the -Y flag to invoke
Lew> bzip2 [snip]

And I once used a version that used "-I".


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