tar.bz2 fil help needed

[Oheck!]

Regular members must be fed up of all the n00b questions but i really do need some help and advice + loads of guidance on this subject. So here goes.

I have downloaded a tar.bz2 file, do i have to decompress it using: $ bzip2 -d filename.tar.bz2, first before doing anything else and then use: $ tar -jxvf filename to untarball it?

Does anyone know of an easy to follow walk through concerning this subject?

Really appreciate any and all help + advice. Thanks

[valemon]

Check out this guide.

[bigtomrodney]

You don't need to separately un-bzip and un-tar. In fact you don't even need to specify the zip type anymore with j.

tar xvf filename.tar.bz2

Using bzip2 to unzip it actually strips the original file of it's compression whereas using tar will just extract contents.

[Oheck!]

Have been trying once again to download and install a tar.bz2 file and failed yet again. I am running Mandriva Spring and the KDE desktop.

Here is a step by step account. Just hope you are patient and can help me.

Downloaded skype-1.0.4.74-static.tar.bz2 and saved it to: /home/Frankenstien/Documents/

Used the "cd" command to get into the /home/Frankenstien/Documents/ directory.

Then i used the "ls" command to see if the file was there. It was!

I now tried to unzip the file using:
$ tar -jxvf skype-1.4.0.74-static.tar.bz2
A long list of files appeared.

I used the "ls" command again to confirm it existed and to get it's name.
skype_static-1.4.0.74 appeared in blue text.

Following directions i used the "cd" command to get into the new directory.

Typed: $ more install so as to read the INSTALL + README files and was rewarded with a: No such file or directory message.

So whilst still in the skype_static-1.4.0.74 directory i typed:
$ ./configure only to recieve this message: No file or directory

Carrying on i typed: $ make just to be informed:
$ make
bash: make: command not found

Finally i then typed: "su" and provided my password and typed:
# make install and once again i was informed that:
# make install
bash: make: command not found

So i pressed "Ctrl + D" to close root and i then closed the terminal.

Hope someone will help me out with this and tell me what i am doing wrong. Many thanks

[hazel]

Typed: $ more install so as to read the INSTALL + README files and was rewarded with a: No such file or directory message.

Try doing a ls in the new skype directory first so that you can see exactly what these files are called before you try to display them. Remember too that Linux is case-sensitive so if the instruction file is called INSTALL, you must type "more INSTALL", not "more install".

Carrying on i typed: $ make just to be informed:
$ make
bash: make: command not found

Finally i then typed: "su" and provided my password and typed:
# make install and once again i was informed that:
# make install
bash: make: command not found

It looks as if make is not installed on your system. You could check by typing "locate make". If it isn't found, you need to install it from your installation disc.