ID: I202512112101 Status: idea Tags: Linux

How do you run a tar.gz file

If you have been installing Linux apps, you know that sometimes you get a .tar.gz, but what is it? You can extract it like a zip, but that doesn’t show you an appimage or executable, so what to do now?

Well, it really is just a zip folder. So it really just depends on what you downloaded. Look for a readme. In the case of TagStudio, the thing I wanted to download, look here.


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I was trying to install TagStudio.