Question

can someone help me to install a .tar file in my ubuntu?

Answer 1

i havent heard about this extension

Answer 2

its like .rar on windows

Answer 3

it usually comes with ubuntu, if not aptitude install tar

then extract its content:

tar -xvf file.tar

If its the source of a program then u sure can do this:
./configure
make
make install

If its a .deb
dpkg -i filename.deb

U do in the terminal, in the location the tar is

Answer 4

This manual page documents the GNU version of tar , an archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archive file known as a tarfile. A tarfile may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common to write a tarfile to a normal file. The first argument to tar must be one of the options: Acdrtux, followed by any optional functions. The final arguments to tar are the names of the files or directories which should be archived. The use of a directory name always implies that the subdirectories below should be included in the archive.



in terminal type "tar" den
use any option accordin 2 u

One of the following options must be used:
-A, --catenate, --concatenate
append tar files to an archive
-c, --create
create a new archive
-d, --diff, --compare
find differences between archive and file system
--delete
delete from the archive (not for use on mag tapes!)
-r, --append
append files to the end of an archive
-t, --list
list the contents of an archive
-u, --update
only append files that are newer than copy in archive
-x, --extract, --get
extract files from an archive