Quote Originally Posted by xaviers2002
Hello, I am trying to install
a "tar.bz2" archieve. The software is SKYPE, but
with the direction shown on thier website KNOPPIX
says: the file doesn't look like a tar archieve.
It seems that this type of file depends on QT,
but even after downloading the version that
contain it I have the same error? What I have to do?
Thanks.

What command did you use initially, out of curiosity.

A ".tar.bz2" extension suggests a tar file, thats
been deflated using "bzip2".

It should just be a matter of doing...

] tar -jxf filename.tar.bz2

If it was deflated using "gzip", then you would do,

] tar -zxf filename.tar.bz

Doing ...

] tar -[z|j]tf filename.tar.[bz|bz2]

will tabulate the contents. It's handy sometimes
to have a look first.

jm