File compression is putting one or more files in an archive so that their cumulative size is reduced. Having a smaller file is advantageous when dealing with the internet. With a smaller file size, data storage is relieved. Also, for rated internet services, a reduced file size means saving money.
By using a specialized program, you can compress and decompress files without any degradation. One of the earliest compressed file formats is zip. There are more than a dozen file formats, of course. Rob Zwetsloot grabs a seat and listens. Sniffing out your surroundings with this next step in sensor technology. Rob Zwetsloot asks a Raspberry Pi to detect cheese or petrol. See more articles. Unzip, extract and uncompress files in Terminal You may need to extract files while working from the command line.
File extension:. I've opened a terminal session and have access to my Pi. You can store files on your Pi file system anywhere you have permissions.
If you are not root, then typical places are your home directory, directories and sub-directories you create from your home directory and To extract a. As for installing a downloaded and extracted package, that will usually vary based upon the nature of the package. You may want to see if the package is also available for apt-get download and installation.
Note that you may put said tarball anywhere you like. See here to find out which directory would serve your needs best. Untar using this command as pointed out by Goldilocks, it might be advisable to create an empty directory first and do the dirty works in there in case the tar does not politely unfold into a new directory itself :. See also our blog to learn more useful things to get you started with the Pi.
Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Installing downloaded tar. Asked 4 years, 7 months ago. Active 2 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 41k times. Shane Shane 2 2 gold badges 5 5 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. Yes, indeed. Sorry for lack of clarity. Update code for the hosts files has been improved to reduce the chance of it wiping the hosts files out if they cant be downloaded.
Hand's Off WiFi now included. This does assume that you have a backed up file to restore, but I hope it will help some of you. Hand's Off Config restore, so if you are updating the SD Card image and you have a backup of your config form the Pi-Star dashboard you can just drop the ZIP file of your backup into the 'boot' partition and when your Pi-Star boots up, it will autoconfigure itslef using your backup.
Added CPU temp support in Farenheight. Dashboard has a number of fixes in it, so as usual the base OS and dashboard are updated to the latest and greatest versions.
WiFi Connection software has been re-written in the dashboard, this has the impact of making it more easy to connect to WiFi from the config portal in the dashboard. Factory-Reset option had some broken settings; fixed these up and removed the insanity : Removed some breakage from the YSFGateway config where it would drop the connected reflector after 10 mins no matter what, this turned out to be related to the onboard firewall dropping the ACK packets coming back form the connected gateway.
Given that the above was a problem, I went bug hunting in the P25 gateway daemon too, and have tried to make sure that the same bug will not cause issues with that. Removed the broken duplex setup that put every new Pi-Star in Duplex mode if you didn't spot it in the dashboard. There is a fix for this avilable here: PiStar Wiki. Apart from the above update, the latest Dashboard build is included. Update includes latest Dashboard and all OS related updates and patches.
Samba re-added and configured again. This release contains the newest build of the dashboard May No significant changes to the base - if you are running Pi-Star 3. The included updates provide a slightly improved experiance when running through the configuration for the first time. P25 Parrot added and fixed up. YSF Parrot added and fixed up. Dashboard modifications to enable better support of YSF.
Dashboard modifications to enable better support of P
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