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What is a TAR.BZ2 file?
A TAR.BZ2 file is a TAR archive compressed using the Bzip2 algorithm, which employs the Burrows-Wheeler transform (BWT), Move-to-Front (MTF) transform, and Huffman coding. It offers higher compression ratios than the Gzip (DEFLATE) algorithm but requires significantly more CPU resources for compression and decompression. This format is widely used in Linux distributions for packaging source code and software binaries where bandwidth conservation is prioritized over processing speed.
How to open a TAR.BZ2 file
Linux and macOS systems support this format natively via the terminal using tar -xjf or tar -xvjf. For Windows users, native support is absent, necessitating third-party software such as 7-Zip, WinRAR, or PeaZip. The format allows for streaming decompression, meaning the entire archive does not need to be read before extraction begins.
TAR.BZ2 Technical Info
- Full Name
- Tape Archive compressed with Bzip2
- Developed By
- Julian Seward
- Initial Release
- 1996
- MIME Type
- application/x-bzip2
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