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I have a file named IBM Quickstart Linux.gz.td, which I am having trouble extracting. Archive Manager says that it is not supported. How do I extract .gz.td files in Ubuntu 15.04?

Aevi
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  • Can you link that file ? The only .td files i can find are for DOS – Mark Kirby Aug 02 '15 at 10:17
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    [Edit] your question and add the output of `file "IBM Quickstart Linux.gz.td"` – A.B. Aug 02 '15 at 10:23
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    where did you get this file? – Ron Aug 02 '15 at 12:57
  • Question is edited, u can check. @Ron – Aevi Aug 02 '15 at 13:04
  • couldn't see any file with the name you've given. In addition, I could only see `tar.gz` files. – Ron Aug 02 '15 at 14:00
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    Can you answer [A.B.'s comment](http://askubuntu.com/questions/655613/how-can-i-open-a-gz-td-file#comment942759_655613) ? – heemayl Aug 02 '15 at 14:50
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    It would be of big help, if you could tell us what a `.gz.td` file is. Is there any publicly available specification for its format (say, like POSIX is for `.tar`)? Is there any well-known canonical application that produces it (say, like MS Word is for `.doc`)? – Jörg W Mittag Aug 02 '15 at 14:52
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    Nothing on this site, see your link, is a `.gz.td`. See my screenshot http://i.imgur.com/lNDWXEH.png – A.B. Aug 02 '15 at 15:05
  • @A.B. did you see any `gz.td`? There are only `tar.gz` and `7z` – Ron Aug 02 '15 at 15:22
  • @Ron Not `gz.td`. Only well known formats. – A.B. Aug 02 '15 at 15:23
  • I have downloaded 2nd file (tar.gz) but when downloaded it is showing .gz.td format. I was also amazed by having a sight before providing link here. I tried converting it into tar.gz format But it doesn't work. It's approx. 3.4 GB file. – Aevi Aug 02 '15 at 16:16
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    The only references I can find suggest it's an incomplete download file produced by Thunder (Xunlei?) - a Chinese localized download manager? – steeldriver Aug 02 '15 at 19:08
  • How you came to know that file is downloaded by "Thunder(Xunlei)-a chinese localized download manager ?" coz i have downloaded it from UC Browser ? Can you please give an answer or explain @steeldriver – Aevi Nov 22 '15 at 06:12

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  1. Open terminal by tapping Ctrl+Alt+T.

  2. In terminal type command:

    sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

    press Enter.

  3. After that in terminal type

    7z x /path/to/your/file

    press Enter.

I have not tried this, but with 7zip I extract different types of archives, which are not available on Archive Manager.

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