how to extract a tar.gz file ubuntu code example

Example 1: untar tar.gz

tar -xzf file.tar.gz

Example 2: unzip a tar.gz file in linux

tar -xvzf community_images.tar.gz

Example 3: how to install tar.gz in ubuntu

Download the desired .tar.gz or (.tar.bz2) file
Open Terminal
Extract the .tar.gz or (.tar.bz2) file with the following commands
tar xvzf PACKAGENAME.tar.gz
tar xvjf PACKAGENAME.tar.bz2
Navigate to the extracted folder using cd command
cd PACKAGENAME
Now run the following command to install the tarball
./configure
make
sudo make install

Example 4: extract tar gz

tar xvzf file.tar.gz