Converting .zip file to .tar.gz file (SOLVED)
Converting .zip file to .tar.gz file (SOLVED)
How do you convert a .zip file to a .tar.gz file, step-by-step?
Last edited by Dewbie on Tue 13 Sep 2011, 03:09, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Converting .zip file to .tar.gz file
Don't really know why, but what about using Xarchiver to unpack the Zip and repack as tar.gz?Dewbie wrote:How do you convert a .zip file to a .tar.gz file, step-by-step?
Xarchiver is under Menu-Utilities
wuwei wrote:
So I thought converting it to a .tar.gz might help.
As it turns out, instructions spelled file name in CAPS.
But file name is in lower-case.
And terminal is case-sensitive.
It's always the little stuff that bites you.
Thanks to both of you for the assistance.
I couldn't unzip a file and execute it through a terminal.Don't really know why
So I thought converting it to a .tar.gz might help.
As it turns out, instructions spelled file name in CAPS.
But file name is in lower-case.
And terminal is case-sensitive.
It's always the little stuff that bites you.
Thanks to both of you for the assistance.