How do you open or view an HTML tarball in windows xp ?

Question

I down loaded a book in HTML tarball form and I can't figure out how to view it. (http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html )
I am hoping someone can help. Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello. You need to untar, or in the case of Windows, "unzip" the file. You can use one of the many unzip utilities that support .tar files. I prefer WinZip, which isn't free, but you can download the trail version, which will give you what you need, here: http://www.winzip.com/trialpay.htm



Another option, of course, is to switch to Linux, which supports .tar files nativly.

http://www.ubuntu.com/



Regards,



Steve

Answer 2

You can get the latest version of Winrar here: http://bit.ly/1o0M15D



I like Winrar because it's a very good program to compress/decompress files in many different formats. You could also use other programs like 7zip or winzip for the same purpose but I think Winrar is the best option avalable. The funcionalities are pretty much the same for each program (you basically do everything with a simple right-click of your mouse) but Winrar is by far the best option.



The things I like about winrar is that it opens a bunch of compressed formats: .zip, .rar, .7z / 7zip, .iso, .tar, .jar etc. (much more than the other programs) and that it's 100% (trial period never expired so you can use it for free with no limitations)



These are the reasons why I recommend Winrar.

Answer 3

A tarball (.gz) is like a zip file, and it was designed to be opened with a program called gunzip, but that is not suitable nowadays, so you can use winrar to open it instead.

Answer 4

Try right clicking and see if it offers option of extract all if does try it that should work

Answer 5

http://www.google.com/search?&q=html%2Btarball