1. Open Terminal
2. Type: tar -xvzf /path/to/file.tar.gz
( x= extract v=verbose z=(un)compress f=file )
This command will unpack the files to the root directory, replacing any old file that is within its packed structure.
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1. Open Terminal
2. Type: tar -xvzf /path/to/file.tar.gz
( x= extract v=verbose z=(un)compress f=file )
This command will unpack the files to the root directory, replacing any old file that is within its packed structure.
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