How to Install dtrx in Linux
An Intelligent Archive Extraction Tool Dtrx for Linux
Dtrx - “ Do The Right Extraction“ is an effective command line application for Unix-like systems to make extractions easier. The dtrx command is an replacement of “ tar -zxvf” or “ tar -xjf” commands. It is also used to decompress files compressed with bzip2, gzip etc. It provides single command to extract archives in a number of different formats including tar, zip, rpm, deb, gem, 7z, cpio, rar etc.
Features of Dtrx
- Recursive extraction which is responsible for finding and extracting the archives.
- Same permissions, which allows users to write and read the files.
- Keeps everything organized, which extracts archives,
- Handles various archive types, which give only one simple command for extraction.
- InstallShield archives
- Self-extracting zip files
Installation of Dtrx in Linux
On CentOS/RHEL/Fedora
Download a dtrx package.
[root@linuxhelp Downloads]# wget http://brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/dtrx-7.1.tar.gz
--2016-06-04 17:11:02-- http://brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/dtrx-7.1.tar.gz
Resolving brettcsmith.org (brettcsmith.org)... 185.111.203.77, 2605:bb80:2000:10::2:1
Connecting to brettcsmith.org (brettcsmith.org)|185.111.203.77|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 41706 (41K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘ dtrx-7.1.tar.gz’
100%[===========================================> ] 41,706 82.4KB/s in 0.5s
2016-06-04 17:11:03 (82.4 KB/s) - ‘ dtrx-7.1.tar.gz’ saved [41706/41706]
Once the download is completed, extract the tar package.
[root@linuxhelp Downloads]# tar -xvf dtrx-7.1.tar.gz
dtrx-7.1/
dtrx-7.1/scripts/
dtrx-7.1/scripts/dtrx
dtrx-7.1/NEWS
.
.
.
.
dtrx-7.1/tests/test-1.23.7z
dtrx-7.1/tests/test-1.23.zip
dtrx-7.1/tests/test-1.23.lzh
dtrx-7.1/tests/test-onefile.tar.gz
dtrx-7.1/PKG-INFO
Now move to the directory and run the script to install dtrx.
[root@linuxhelp Downloads]# cd dtrx-7.1/
[root@linuxhelp dtrx-7.1]# python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
running install
running build
running build_scripts
creating build
creating build/scripts-2.7
copying and adjusting scripts/dtrx -> build/scripts-2.7
changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/dtrx from 644 to 755
running install_scripts
copying build/scripts-2.7/dtrx -> /usr/local/bin
changing mode of /usr/local/bin/dtrx to 755
running install_egg_info
Removing /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dtrx-7.1-py2.7.egg-info
Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dtrx-7.1-py2.7.egg-info
dtrx Command Usage
Extraction of Single Archive
Run the dtrx command, if you wish to extract an archive file known as “ desktop.tar.bz2 “ . During the execution of this command, it asks a question for extraction type.
First select “ I” it extract that tar file by the name of tar file name.
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# dtrx desktop.tar.bz2 desktop.tar.bz2 contains one directory but its name doesn' t match. Expected: desktop Actual: home/ You can: * extract the directory _I_nside a new directory named desktop * extract the directory and _R_ename it desktop * extract the directory _H_ere What do you want to do? (I/r/h) I [root@linuxhelp Desktop]# ls desktop deskzip.zip google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb desktop.tar.bz2 dir.zip google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
Now on selecting “ r” it extracts that tar file and rename it.
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# dtrx desktop.tar.bz2 desktop.tar.bz2 contains one directory but its name doesn' t match. Expected: desktop Actual: home/ You can: * extract the directory _I_nside a new directory named desktop * extract the directory and _R_ename it desktop * extract the directory _H_ere What do you want to do? (I/r/h) r dtrx: WARNING: extracting /home/user1/Desktop/desktop.tar.bz2 to desktop.1 [root@linuxhelp Desktop]#
On selecting “ h” it extracts that tar file at the same tar file path.
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# dtrx desktop.tar.bz2 desktop.tar.bz2 contains one directory but its name doesn' t match. Expected: desktop Actual: home/ You can: * extract the directory _I_nside a new directory named desktop * extract the directory and _R_ename it desktop * extract the directory _H_ere What do you want to do? (I/r/h) h [root@linuxhelp Desktop]# ls desktop dir.zip desktop.1 google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb desktop.tar.bz2 google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm deskzip.zip home
Extraction of zip Archives
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# dtrx deskzip.zip deskzip.zip contains one file but its name doesn' t match. Expected: deskzip Actual: desktop.tar.bz2 You can: * extract the file _I_nside a new directory named deskzip * extract the file and _R_ename it deskzip * extract the file _H_ere What do you want to do? (I/r/h) I deskzip.zip contains 1 other archive file(s), out of 1 file(s) total. You can: * _A_lways extract included archives during this session * extract included archives this _O_nce * choose _N_ot to extract included archives this once * ne_V_er extract included archives during this session * _L_ist included archives What do you want to do? (a/o/N/v/l) o [root@linuxhelp Desktop]# ls desktop google-chrome-stable_current desktop.1 google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb desktop.tar.bz2 google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64 deskzip google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm deskzip.zip home dir.zip
Extraction of meta-data from .rpm and .deb files
Utilize the “ -m” option for this Extraction.
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# dtrx -m google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# dtrx -m google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# ls
desktop google-chrome-stable_current
desktop.1 google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
desktop.tar.bz2 google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64
deskzip google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
deskzip.zip home
dir.zip
Execute the “ dtrx --help”
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# dtrx --help
Usage: dtrx [options] archive [archive2 ...]
Intelligent archive extractor
Options:
--version show program' s version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l, -t, --list, --table
list contents of archives on standard output
-m, --metadata extract metadata from a .deb/.gem
-r, --recursive extract archives contained in the ones listed
--one=ONE_ENTRY_DEFAULT, --one-entry=ONE_ENTRY_DEFAULT
specify extraction policy for one-entry archives:
inside/rename/here
-n, --noninteractive don' t ask how to handle special cases
-o, --overwrite overwrite any existing target output
-f, --flat, --no-directory
extract everything to the current directory
-v, --verbose be verbose/print debugging information
-q, --quiet suppress warning/error messages
To check the version of dtrx
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# dtrx --version dtrx version 7.1 Copyright © 2006-2011 Brett Smith < [email protected]> Copyright © 2008 Peter Kelemen < [email protected]> This program is free software you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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