{"id":21602,"date":"2023-09-30T16:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=21602"},"modified":"2023-09-30T16:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T16:10:47","slug":"how-to-extract-a-tar-bz2-file-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/ubuntu\/how-to-extract-a-tar-bz2-file-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Extract a Tar.bz2 File in Ubuntu?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Files in Ubuntu can often occupy more space and it usually makes file management a hectic task for administrators dealing with multiple files. Ubuntu offers the \u201ctar\u201d command for file management which can compress multiple files into one single file for easy management and file sharing. Those compressed archive files can then be extracted with the \u201ctar\u201d command once required.<\/p>\n

In this article, the extracting process of the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d file in Ubuntu is explained.<\/p>\n

How to Extract a Tar.bz2 File in Ubuntu?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The \u201ctar\u201d command is used widely in Ubuntu for file management. With the \u201ctar\u201d command, you can compress a file and can also uncompress\/decompress or extract an archive file. The steps below explain the extraction process of the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d file.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Open Terminal<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Open the terminal by clicking on the \u201cApplication Menu\u201d icon on the bottom left of the Home Screen:<\/p>\n

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In the Application Menu, you will see the \u201csearch bar\u201d box on top of the menu:<\/p>\n

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Click on the Search Box and type the application you want to search. In our case, Terminal:<\/p>\n

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Click on the Terminal Icon to Run the Terminal:<\/p>\n

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Instead of going to the Application Menu and searching for Terminal, you can open the terminal directly using the \u201cctrl+alt+t\u201d shortcut key:<\/p>\n

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Step 2: Navigate to the Directory containing the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d File<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Open the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d file directory with the \u201ccd\u201d command:<\/p>\n

cd<\/span> <<\/span>directory-path><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n

In our case, the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d file is in the Documents Directory. To navigate to the Documents Directory, use the command:<\/p>\n

cd<\/span> Documents<\/div><\/div>\n

The Path in Terminal will change to the Documents Directory:<\/p>\n

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Inside the Directory, you can see the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d file by listing the files in the directory using the command:<\/p>\n

ls<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n

The \u201ctararchive\u201d file can be seen in the terminal:<\/p>\n

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Step 3: Extract the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d File<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The tar command extracts the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d file by using the below command:<\/p>\n

tar<\/span> <<\/span>fileName><\/span>.tar.bz2<\/div><\/div>\n

In our case, the filename is \u201ctararchive\u201d. Thus to extract the file, the tar command used will be:<\/p>\n

sudo<\/span> tar<\/span> -xjf<\/span> tararchive.tar.bz2<\/div><\/div>\n

The \u201c-xjf\u201d flag ensures the tar command extracts the file:<\/p>\n

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The command line moves to the next line indicating the archive file was extracted. In our case, the tar archive file contained the \u201cFolderA\u201d and \u201cFolderB\u201d Directories. To verify the extracted files, the ls command can be used again:<\/p>\n

ls<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n

Here, the \u201cFolderA\u201d and \u201cFolderB\u201d in the list ensure the archive file was extracted using the tar command:<\/p>\n

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Bonus Step: Compressing File into a \u201ctar.bz2\u201d Archive<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can also compress files into an archive file using the \u201ctar\u201d command. In our case, we have the \u201cFolderA\u201d and \u201cFolderB\u201d in the Documents Directory:<\/p>\n

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To Compress the Directories into a \u201ctar.bz2\u201d Archive File, the command used will be:<\/p>\n

sudo<\/span> tar<\/span> -cjf<\/span> tararchive.tar.bz2 FolderA FolderB<\/div><\/div>\n

This will compress the Directories into the \u201ctararchive.tar.bz2\u201d file:<\/p>\n

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The \u201c-cjf\u201d ensures the tar command compresses the files or directories.<\/p>\n

Once compressed, use the \u201cls\u201d command to verify the compressed \u201ctararchive.tar.bz2\u201d file:<\/p>\n

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Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The \u201ctar\u201d is a useful command in Ubuntu for extracting files. To extract the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d file in Ubuntu, the tar command is used along with the \u201c-xjf\u201d flag ensuring the tar command extracts the file. This article explained the process of extracting a \u201ctar.bz2\u201d file in Ubuntu.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To extract the \u201ctar.bz2\u201d file in Ubuntu, the tar command is used along with the \u201c-xjf\u201d flag ensuring the tar command extracts the file.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":21615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}