Source code is often packed for download as a TAR (Tape ARchive) file, that is a standard format in the Unix/Linux world. These files have a .tar extension; they can also be compressed, the extension is .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 in these cases. There are several ways to unpack these files.
- Dragon UnPACKer is a game archive (Quake PAK, etc.) unpacking tool. It is plugin based making easier to add new archive file formats. It has convert ability and raw search function for known material (audio, video and pictures).
- Inno Setup Unpacker can come in handy for users who work with installers created with Inno Setup. The tool runs strictly from Command Line and allows you to quickly extract the installation files.
Sometime ago I have tried to unpack and then just repack 2 different Pie Roms (just to test the method). If I remember well for the 1st one I got exactly the same size of img file (selecting the option to 'create an img file for usb burning tool'). UnPacker is a fully automated extracting tool. This is not a WinRAR or WinZIP replacement but quite a useful utility when you want to extract large quantum of archives. The program makes a queue of.
If you have MinGW/MSYS or Cygwin installed, you can use the tar command to unpack such files:
Try tar --help
or see the tar man page for more information.
Another option is to install 7-Zip, which has a nice graphical user interface. 7-Zip can also be used to unpack many other formats and to create tar files (amongst others).
- Download and install 7-Zip from 7-zip.org. If you do not want to use 7-Zip as a command line tool, skip the next steps.
- Add the directory you installed 7-Zip into to your path (Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables).
- Move the tar file to the directory you wish to unpack into (usually the tar file will put everything into a directory inside this directory).
- Open a command prompt, and cd to the directory.
- If the tar file is compressed, type 7z x filename.tar.gz at the command prompt (where filename.tar.gz is the name of the compressed tar file). This results in a tar file called filename.tar
- Type 7z x filename.tar at the command prompt (where filename.tar is the name of the tar file).
Instead of using 7-Zip on the command line, you can use the file manager and click on a .tar, .tar.gz, or.tar.bz2 file; 7-Zip will automatically start.
A simple windows command line tool (no install , just unzip)
Rar Unpacker Windows 10
Its hosted on codeplex tartool, complete with the source code.
Windows Unpacker
- to decompress and untar .tar.gz (.tgz) files or
- just untar .tar files
>TarTool.exe
Usage :
>TarTool sourceFile destinationDirectory
A simple windows command line tool (no install , just unzip)
Rar Unpacker Windows 10
Its hosted on codeplex tartool, complete with the source code.
Windows Unpacker
- to decompress and untar .tar.gz (.tgz) files or
- just untar .tar files
>TarTool.exe
Usage :
>TarTool sourceFile destinationDirectory
>TarTool D:sample.tar.gz ./
>TarTool sample.tgz temp
>TarTool -x sample.tar temp
TarTool 2.0 Beta supports bzip2 files such as tar.bz2 and .bz2 extraction.
TarTool -xj sample.tar.bz2 temporTarTool -j sample.bz2
Windows Unpacker.exe
More details are on this post -- http://blog.rajasekharan.com/2009/01/16/tartool-windows-tar-gzip-tgz-extraction-tool/