> > Hi all, > Pretty simple question , but I meet with .bz2 format first time and > checked man and info with no result. Please , tell me how "zip" and > "unzip" form this format?
First, you need the bzip2 package installed. If it's not installed, you can install it this way: apt-get install bzip2 (assuming your /etc/apt/sources.list file is set up correctly). Once this package is installed, you just use the bunzip2 command: bunzip file.bz2 Check the manpages for bzip2 and bunzip2. This compressor is the most efficint one in regular use under Linux--- for example, the kernel source tree takes about 12 MB when compressed with gzip, 9 MB under bzip2, IIRC.