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21-07-2009, 08:57 PM
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Alpha Geek
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Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Hello all,
Can someone tell me which will be "Easiest" way to run/install tar.gz files on Windows XP.
I am aware that once can install Virtual PC/VM ware & install linux image, but just to test tar (in .py or .c) file of 20 kb, I do not want to open & start VM Ware from scratch taking huge amount of RAM. I do not want to shut down XP & reboot it with Linux CD.
Any solutions ?
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21-07-2009, 09:27 PM
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Simply a DIGITian
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
U can unzip .tar.gz wid 7zip......but i dnt knw if it'll install on windows.
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21-07-2009, 09:36 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
You can definitely extract it by using extraction softwares but you cannot install from them on windows. Linux & Windows are completely different OS's.
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21-07-2009, 09:39 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
My query also got cleard......!!!
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22-07-2009, 06:43 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
aww I know that I cant install tar file on Windows
Winrar can unrar even gz (gunzip) files, but how do I test it on Windows ? Is there any third party software ? heard of Cygwin but its too big with all packages
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22-07-2009, 11:02 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Test in the sense? Execute?
I can't get you.
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23-07-2009, 11:31 AM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
lol dude what r u talking abt ?? 
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24-07-2009, 12:59 AM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Use Winrar.
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24-07-2009, 11:33 AM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
It seems he wants an emulator for windows, just like wine in linux, but he is not able to get the word, " Emulator"
I'm not sure of it but this just might be the solution: http://sourceforge.net/projects/line/
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24-07-2009, 09:01 PM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
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Originally Posted by Cool G5
Test in the sense? Execute?
I can't get you.
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Yes Very much,
I know that WinRAR can unrar gz file but how to execute for testing ?
Kind of emulator..
e.g. Test JAR file on computer using emulator on PC before transferring them to Mobile
Same way how to test tar file on windows ?
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24-07-2009, 09:29 PM
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Simply a DIGITian
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Ur query is already answered by Cool Buddy......
see his reply......
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24-07-2009, 10:26 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
You can also try LINA : http://www.openlina.com/
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26-07-2009, 03:38 AM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Thanks Cool G5
Openlina sounds interesting.
Out of all these will it run an applications with .py & .c or I need to install extra packages ?
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26-07-2009, 01:04 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
I think you will need to install the libraries or so. But I don't know since I didn't try it. Please try & let us know 
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27-07-2009, 12:06 AM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
I tried with cygwin but it takes lots of space.
Download is small but it takes too much of time to install packages later.
Still looking out for something which can fit the bill of small size.
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29-07-2009, 08:08 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Just sharing something which I found in my search
http://wubi-installer.org
Give your opinions people
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29-07-2009, 09:23 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Wubi is a cool piece of software. I haven't tried it anytime though.
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04-08-2009, 07:32 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
@Cool G5
Please try & check.
Sharing one more with everyone - http://www.andlinux.org
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08-08-2009, 12:18 AM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
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Aahhh yes Praks. This software was once discussed under Digit Magazine. I haven't tried it. Will try & get back with my review. 
Thanks for pointing out.
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10-08-2009, 07:23 PM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Thanks Cool G5
Please test & give your input.
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11-08-2009, 11:50 AM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
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Thanks Cool G5
Please test & give your input.
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Checked the software under Windows Vista Home Premium. For the start, I think andLINUX doesn't support Windows Vista. It took a long time for the installer to begin once I executed the installation package. Eventually, I got it installed & then rebooted my PC.
andLINUX sits under the system tray & presents you with Terminal, Thunar(File Manager), Synaptic, Pulse Audio Mixer(Which doesn't seem to work at-least with windows application). I played around with some commands & most of them produced the output I expected. But since andLINUX doesn't come with any applications it failed miserably while opening any files.
Whenever I tried opening a.jpg Image file, it used to open it under Mozilla Firefox installed on my system. Whenever I tried to play a .vob or .mp3 file, it used to ask me for a suitable player but the list of applications had none.
I feel this application isn't of much use. You're better off booting off a Linux Live CD if you require to work under Linux. Will play with the app for some more time before I remove it.
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17-08-2009, 08:58 PM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Thanks Gaurav
Were you able to run any tar files ? I have few ending with .py & .c
Will those files work ?
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17-08-2009, 10:26 PM
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
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Thanks Gaurav
Were you able to run any tar files ? I have few ending with .py & .c
Will those files work ?
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Na. You will need to install the requisite software's. You better not use this software. The software requires you to download all the software from web using the bundled synpatic manager which is useless. Instead one could easily install a linux OS. I wonder what were the developers thinking 
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16-09-2009, 06:56 PM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: Which is easiest way to run tar.gz file on Windows XP ?
Sorry for late update, Been trying from 1 month
Start package is very less but then all softwares starts giving messages of installation of various packages.
Still looking for solution 
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