> Hi !
> I have download some "books" about linux. The file format is tar.gz, Can anyone
> here tell me how to unpack them. I have tried several variants of tar and
> gunzip, but unsuccesfully.
Usually
$ zcat whateveritis.tar.gz | tar -tvf -
to see what's in there -- what, if any, directories are created by the
package, and where in the tree it wants to go. It is usually a good idea
to do this first before extracting, so you don't end up putting it in
a strange place.
And then
$ zcat whateveritis.tar.gz | tar -xf -
to extract it.
The above applies to any tar.gz file -- not just the ones with books in
them, obviously.
Most of the linux tar.gz 'books' are written using LaTeX, and you'll need
that to process the input. Most of the books I've seen have a top-level
Makefile which controls the inclusion of chapters and whatever else, and
produces, typically, a postscript file (whateveritis.ps) which can then be
viewed by gv (gv whateveritis.ps &).
Many books of this type also include the DVI and/or Postscript files so they
can be viewed directly without having to remake the book.
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