How to unpack tar archive in Linux terminal? asked Nov 4, 2020 in Archiver by Pantycle_Genefanty (12.7k points) recategorized Nov 4, 2020 by Pantycle_Genefanty 0 like 0 dislike 15 views How I can to unpack tar.gz archive in console of GNU/Linux Ubuntu operating system? console terminal archive archiver Your comment on this question: Your name to display (optional): Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register. 1 Answer 0 like 0 dislike answered Nov 4, 2020 by Pantycle_Genefanty (12.7k points) edited Nov 4, 2020 by Pantycle_Genefanty Use console archiver "tar" like this: Unpack zipped tar.gz into current directory: tar -xvf unextracted_archive_file.tar.gz Unpack zipped tar.gz to specified directory: tar -xvf /path/source.tar.gz -C /path/destination Your comment on this answer: Your name to display (optional): Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register.