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Here I am again with another problem, I don't know how to unzip a package or a file. Will some one please explain to me how to do this.

Well, what kind of file or package do you have? You may, or you may not, need to decompress it in order to use it. If it's a .zip or .rar or .7z type file, you can decompress it by right-clicking on the file and clicking on "Extract Here" or some other location of your choosing by using the menus provided. Decompression is native to Linux, I believe, so it's not as if you need to install a separate application like WinZip unless you decide you WANT to for some reason.

If you have something like a tarball (a file ending in .tar.gz or .tgz for instance) that's a whole different matter entirely and I'll let someone else handle instructing you on how to make and compile a tarball. I'm no good with the tarballs.

Hi Baphomet, thanks for the rapid reply, I had no idea I could do that. When I was trying to install IE6 for linux I was getting a package "ies4linux.tar.gz" or something to that effect. I got IE6 installed but am not sure how I did it. I know I unzipped the package but I probably unzipped it unwittingly. I would like to know how I did it for future use. I'm a newbie as you have already guessed.

dragonfly wrote:Hi Baphomet, thanks for the rapid reply, I had no idea I could do that. When I was trying to install IE6 for linux I was getting a package "ies4linux.tar.gz" or something to that effect. I got IE6 installed but am not sure how I did it. I know I unzipped the package but I probably unzipped it unwittingly. I would like to know how I did it for future use. I'm a newbie as you have already guessed.

Are you sure you didn't download a *.deb file? Had you downloaded a tarball it would have basically been "source code", meaning there would have been no installer like an *.exe file that you may have become accustomed to in... some other operating system. In an Ubuntu based linux distro, the closest thing you're going to find to an *.exe file, really, is a *.deb file which Ubuntu/Ultimate Edition can install pretty much effortlessly.

But, in short, I don't really know exactly what you did to get IE for Linux installed.

Hi again baphomet, thanks for sticking with me. I went back into my trash and recovered the file I downloaded from 'Internet "Explorer for Linux" and here it is ----- <ies4linux-latest.tar.gz>----. I know I unzipped it but I did so many things I don't know how I did it. I was moving it around from desktop to documents to whatever I thought might work and finally I gave up and the next day while I was pugging away at it again a lost and found window popped up and there it was all unzipped. I am totally confused as to how it became unzipped.

dragon..you might want to read this here.. http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/ at least it will give you some how to's..

Hi again cowboy, thank you very much, I have added the page you gave me to my bookmarks. I know I did do the extract command in desperation because I didn't know what to do and I was doing everything. I don't know how the package wound up in the lost and found folder. However I now know how to unzip a tarball now.
bapomal was on the right track, he just wasn't sure if it would work on a tarball or a .gz
Have a great day

dragonfly wrote:Hi again cowboy, thank you very much, I have added the page you gave me to my bookmarks. I know I did do the extract command in desperation because I didn't know what to do and I was doing everything. I don't know how the package wound up in the lost and found folder. However I now know how to unzip a tarball now.
bapomal was on the right track, he just wasn't sure if it would work on a tarball or a .gz
Have a great day

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tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz

is the command you used when you copied the instructions from here
http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Installation