tar -xf filename.tar
Make sure you're in the same directory as the file. Alternatively, you could navigate to the directory the file is in using the regular graphical interface (just like you would in windows) and, I imagine, right click on the file, and do "extract," or a similar command. A tar file in Linux is basically like a zip file in windows.
EDIT: Had a few minutes, gave this a try. Apparently, tar is not sensitive to the dash, so disregard that part of what I said earlier (you can use the dash or not, both ways work). However, when you say you "got no results," you probably did. As I said, tar is basically zip. Kind of. So when you ran your tar command, it unpacked the contents of the tar file into the current directory.
Before:
KroninDirectory
filename.tar
After:
KroninDirectory
filename.tar, newFile1.txt, newFile2.rpm, newfile3.sh
At this point, you'll most likely have to run one of the files that it unpacked, if it's an automated installation of some sort.
EDIT: Had a few minutes, gave this a try. Apparently, tar is not sensitive to the dash, so disregard that part of what I said earlier (you can use the dash or not, both ways work). However, when you say you "got no results," you probably did. As I said, tar is basically zip. Kind of. So when you ran your tar command, it unpacked the contents of the tar file into the current directory.
Before:
KroninDirectory
filename.tar
After:
KroninDirectory
filename.tar, newFile1.txt, newFile2.rpm, newfile3.sh
At this point, you'll most likely have to run one of the files that it unpacked, if it's an automated installation of some sort.
This message last edited by Aemon on 15/02/2011 at 08:51:48 PM
Finding a USB doodad to get wifi on my DS.
- 14/02/2011 07:24:24 PM
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Answers, as best I can.
- 14/02/2011 08:47:01 PM
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Re: Answers, as best I can.
- 14/02/2011 08:56:49 PM
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So I'm trying this Ubuntu thing....
- 14/02/2011 11:48:57 PM
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I didn't use a VM for Ubuntu on my machine.
- 15/02/2011 01:57:17 AM
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That's what I did.
- 15/02/2011 02:53:12 AM
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What are you trying to do?
- 15/02/2011 06:19:37 AM
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I'm trying to just install this thing on Ubuntu
- 15/02/2011 06:55:10 AM
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EDIT
- 15/02/2011 12:37:16 PM
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Well, it wasn't no result
- 15/02/2011 09:33:56 PM
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Sounds good, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
- 15/02/2011 11:32:56 PM
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I wouldn't mind getting it to work.
- 15/02/2011 11:56:35 PM
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Well hurry up and post the error you get then. 
I'll try to explain things better. *NM*
- 16/02/2011 04:28:03 AM
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I'll try to explain things better. *NM*
- 16/02/2011 04:28:03 AM
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Sorry that took a while. Haven't had much free time.
- 18/02/2011 09:07:00 PM
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Re: Sorry that took a while. Haven't had much free time.
- 19/02/2011 02:00:38 AM
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Well, damn.
- 19/02/2011 05:55:54 PM
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If you're still reading this....
- 28/02/2011 07:36:35 PM
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I know a little bit about it.
- 01/03/2011 10:18:59 PM
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I got it all setup...
- 02/03/2011 02:05:05 AM
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Re: I got it all setup...
- 25/04/2011 06:56:05 AM
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