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How to unpack (ungzip, unarchive) a tar.gz fileFor many systems, REBOL is distributed as a tar gz file. This is a common archive format. Here's how to unpack it... For tar.gzTo unpack a tar.gz file, you can use the tar command from the shell. Here's an example: tar -xzf rebcore.tar.gz The result will be a new directory containing the files. (Also, on many systems, when you download the tar.gz from a web browser, an unpacker will open, and you can just use that.) For just .gz (.gzip)In some cases the file is just a gzip format, not tar. Then you can use: gunzip rebcore.gz In order to execute it, you will need to: chmod +x rebcore To run it:To run the executable file, CD to that directory, and type: ./rebol (Or whatever the file name happens to be.) |