The file is in my own directory in the 'dowloads' folder. so I go
martin@martin-laptop:~$ sudo su
Password:
root@martin-laptop:/home/martin# ar zxpf VMware-downloads.tar.gz
ar: illegal option -- z
Usage: ar [emulation options] [-]{dmpqrstx}[abcfilNoPsSuvV] [member-name] [count] archive-file file...
ar -M [<mri-script]
commands:
d - delete file(s) from the archive
m[ab] - move file(s) in the archive
p - print file(s) found in the archive
q[f] - quick append file(s) to the archive
r[ab][f] - replace existing or insert new file(s) into the archive
t - display contents of archive
x[o] - extract file(s) from the archive
command specific modifiers:
[a] - put file(s) after [member-name]
- put file(s) before [member-name] (same as )
[N] - use instance [count] of name
[f] - truncate inserted file names
[P] - use full path names when matching
[o] - preserve original dates
- only replace files that are newer than current archive contents
generic modifiers:
- do not warn if the library had to be created
[s] - create an archive index (cf. ranlib)
[S] - do not build a symbol table
[v] - be verbose
[V] - display the version number
@<file> - read options from <file>
emulation options:
No emulation specific options
ar: supported targets: elf32-i386 a.out-i386-linux efi-app-ia32 elf32-little elf32-big elf64-x86-64 elf64-little elf64-big srec symbolsrec tekhex binary ihex trad-core
Next, as per the VMWare user's manual I try;
root@martin-laptop:/home/martin# cd vmware-distrib
bash: cd: vmware-distrib: No such file or directory
root@martin-laptop:/home/martin#
What am I doing wrong? Is it because I first clicked to open the tar file using the archive manager?
Martin